Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature could consider whether the state should make changes to the RHNA process to ensure that climate change is considered when existing and projected housing needs are allocated to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

The 2022-23 Budget: State Appropriations Limit Implications

Mar 30, 2022 - (As of 2018 ‑19, cities and counties had over $150  billion in collective room under their limits. As a result, changing this definition is unlikely to result in very many local governments exceeding their limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4583

The 2022-23 Budget: CCC Chancellor's Office Staffing

Mar 29, 2022 - December 31, 2023 Default placement for CCC transfer students becomes the ADT pathway. August 1, 2024 Implementation committee to develop statewide communications and outreach plan on student transfer, along with meeting certain other requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4579

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - Specifically, (1)  tribal entities will be required to provide a 5  percent match; (2)  counties, cities, and nonprofits will be required to provide a 10  percent match; and (3)  for ‑profit or private organizations, in partnership with counties, will be required to provide a 25  percent match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - In 2003, Los Angeles County and several cities in the region filed test claims with the commission alleging that various sections of the 2001 Los Angeles RWQCB stormwater discharge permit constituted state ‑reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - Specifically, the budget package included intent language that the data system “create direct support tools for teachers, parents, advisors, and students ” and have the ability to “transfer high school pupil educational records to postsecondary educational institutions. ” The final work group report released in June 2021 included a recommendation to expand CCGI to school
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Proposals

Feb 20, 2022 - Second, the Governor ’s proposal would allow the administration to transfer the $10  million from OES to other departments without any legislative notification. Under the proposal, OES would only be required to report by March  1, 2024 on the use of the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - In addition, some of these recipients are expected to transfer to CSU or UC, where award amounts are larger. Another factor contributing to the Cal Grant cost increase in 2022‑23 is higher tuition award amounts at UC, where the Board of Regents has adopted a plan to raise systemwide charges for new resident undergraduates from $12,570 to $13,104 in 2022‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - In California, local public libraries can be operated by counties, cities, special districts, or joint powers authorities. Usually the local government operator designates a central library to coordinate activities among all the library branches within a jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - If the homes were scattered throughout a city, however, we think the argument is more tenuous. For this reason, in the case of vehicles, we think a vehicle represents an asset —not a fleet —and so the value of an individual vehicle must exceed $100,000 in order to count as an exclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547