Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Specifically, 21 p ercent of reporting agencies had compliance rates below 25 p ercent, while 38 p ercent had compliance rates above 75 p ercent. In the box below, we discuss some issues related to why measuring compliance rates is a valuable, though imperfect, measure of wildfire risk reduction, as well as why there is no clear optimal compliance rate that the state should target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

How Has COVID-19 Affected Renters and Homeowners?

Jan 19, 2021 - The law also specifies that for a COVID ‑19 ‑related hardship that occurs later —between September 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021 —tenants must pay at least 25  p ercent of their rent due to avoid eviction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4312

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - For occupations requiring less than a bachelor ’s degree, the state ’s programs are primarily concentrated at high schools, community colleges, and local workforce development boards. These programs identify state and regional workforce needs, support credit and noncredit coursework in career ‑focused fields, and provide a variety of other training opportunities (including apprenticeships).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

2021-22 and 2022-23 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Aug 4, 2023 - 2021-22 and 2022-23 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] 2022-23 Revised Spending $12,331 a When combined with funding scored to 2023-24, the total amount provided in the 2023-24 budget package for this purpose is $145 million, which reflects a $5 million reduction to the amount provided in the 2022-23 budget package. b When combined with reappropriated
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/763

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - Furthermore, given that the state has been experiencing a trend towards a greater number of large and destructive wildfires, the administration ’s approach of averaging the five highest years over the past ten years (rather than the average of all the recent years) is  reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2022-23 budget included an additional $120 million for a second year of grants. The Governor ’s budget proposes to provide $120 million for a third year of grants in 2023-24. Program Statistics Awards Increased in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2022-23 budget included an additional $120 million for a second year of grants. The Governor ’s budget proposes to provide $120 million for a third year of grants in 2023-24. Program Statistics Awards Increased in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/771

California Community Colleges Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Jul 24, 2023 - Actual FTE students are notably lower each year of the period, but certain budget provisions are insulating districts from associated funding declines. f Reflects the net change after accounting for the enacted 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth, together with all other enrollment adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/751

Income Tax Witholding Tracker: August 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 1, 2022 - To make an apples-to-apples comparison for August, we compare the same five-week period covering August across the two years. Using this method, each year contains the same weeks of the year and the same number of "collection days ".)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/752

Income Tax Witholding Tracker: August 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 1, 2022 - To make an apples-to-apples comparison for August, we compare the same five-week period covering August across the two years. Using this method, each year contains the same weeks of the year and the same number of "collection days ".)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/752