The 2019-20 Budget: May Revision Multiyear Budget Outlook [Publication Details]

May 17, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: May Revision Multiyear Budget Outlook [Publication Details] Description: This report presents our office’s independent assessment of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2022-23 assuming the economy continues to grow and all of the Governor’s May Revision spending proposals are adopted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4050

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - The Legislature will need to decide if it agrees with the Governor ’s approach to spread the state ’s housing resources among broader income levels —including middle-income households —or whether it prefers to target the state ’s resources toward the Californians most in need of housing assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

A Review of LifeLine Budget Estimates and Enrollment Process

Apr 3, 2019 - This information could help the state target any future actions that are most likely to be effective at increasing enrollment. As an example, the state Employment Development Department (EDD) funded a similar study in 2015 t hat evaluated reasons for households not participating in the state ’s paid family leave program to inform future outreach efforts and programmatic changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3995

CalSTRS Pension Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 28, 2019 - CalSTRS Pension Proposals [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3994

Supplemental Pension Payments and Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 28, 2019 - Supplemental Pension Payments and Deferrals [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3993

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - A federal and state program that encourages the investment of private equity in the development of affordable rental housing for low ‑income households. The Governors ’ budget proposes to expand the state tax credit program and establish a new state tax credit program that targets households with relatively higher income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law [Publication Details]

Mar 15, 2019 - To address this problem, the Governor’s budget proposes allocating resources to the State Controller's Office (SCO) for more audits of potential holders. We agree with the Governor’s goal to increase holder compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3978

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - Also, owners of properties that the state escheated long ago may have died or moved to another state, greatly diminishing the chances of reunification. Actual Liability Much Smaller. The state ’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) —a display of the state ’s finances in compliance with generally accepted accounting
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978

The 2019-20 Budget: Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2019 - In practice, the state typically allocates funds to grantees over a three ‑year period. State ’s Allocation of VOCA Has Increased Substantially in Recent Years. Starting in 2000, Congress placed a cap on the amount of VOCA funds available to be distributed to states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3961

The 2019-20 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 5, 2019 - How will the state ’s progress towards developing the organic waste processing and recycling infrastructure necessary to meet the state goals specified in legislation be measured? Absent the information to answer these types of questions, the Legislature is left with little basis for determining whether the proposals are reasonable or appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3958