A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Inspect Each Facility Every Two Years. BSCC is required to inspect each local detention facility once every two years to assess compliance with the above standards. Inspectors review policy manuals and other written documentation of facility processes and procedures to assess their compliance with the standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

Home Sales Update: April 2020 [EconTax Blog]

May 22, 2020 - California home sales were running at a relatively high level earlier in the year, but have since dropped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The graph below shows unadjusted home sale counts according to Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/468

Building Permits Update: July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 31, 2020 - This was the largest monthly total this year, although it was only a hair above January which is typically a very weak month whereas July is typically strong. The single family permit total of 5,266 was slightly above the July 2019 and June 2020 figures, and well above the 2015-2019 average for July.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/536

Building Permits Update: August 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2019 - Multifamily permits accounted for nearly all of the uptick in August, increasing by 18 percent from the prior month and 24 percent from one year ago. Overall, multifamily permitting remains down 20 percent through the first eight months of 2019 as compared to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/403

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2021 - citizen, a resident of California, at least 18 years old, and not currently be incarcerated or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court. As of August 30, 2021, of the 24.8 mi llion people who were eligible to vote in California, 22.1 million were registered to vote.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-021

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2021 - This publication analyzes the Governor’s $1.6 billion proposed budget for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which reflects a $2.3 billion (60 percent) decrease compared to estimated current-year expenditures. The decrease is almost entirely due to one-time General Fund expenditures in 2020-21 related to wildfire debris removal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4359

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jul 27, 2020 - Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget] -0.5% Notes: The administration assumes 1 FTE student at CCC represents 525 contact hours per year, which on average generates about 24 instructional units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/390

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals

Feb 25, 2020 - The administration expects to update the metrics on a four-year cycle to both allow year-over-year comparisons and to accommodate changes in the nature of attacks and/or threats as well as technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

State and local government tax rules. [Ballot]

Nov 22, 2021 - This year ’s state budget spends over $255  billion in state funds. Over 90  percent of the state budget is funded with revenues from taxes. These include, for example, sales taxes paid on goods and income taxes paid on wages and other sources of income.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-026

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Jan 16, 2019 - K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget] $2,549 3.7% a Includes $50 million each year for the Quality Rating and Improvement System. For all three years, does not include wrap care provided by nonprofit agencies and, for 2019-20, also does not include part-day preschool programs run by these agencies. b In each of these three years, an
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/212