The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Specialty Mental Health: Delay of Presumptive Foster Care Mental Health Transfer. Chapter  402 of 2022 (AB  1051, Bennett) changes the requirements around presumptive transfer of responsibility for specialty mental health service provision for foster youth placed in congregate care settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2024-25 Budget: Deficit Update

Feb 20, 2024 - This means, for example, that grants have been awarded, funds have been transferred to other entities of government, and contracts or leases have been signed. (In some cases, funds have also been committed for 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26, for example, through grant awards.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4850

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - The largest transfers tended to go to the UCL and the FCA. Transfers to these two funds accounted for at least half of the total transferred to the above DOJ special funds each year over the past decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (For  example, with special education funding that is transferred to school districts and certain local property tax transferred to trial courts.) In addition, COEs conduct a wide range of activities with LCFF —their primary state funding source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Lastly, the Califor nia Department of Education (CDE) is to develop an electronic form by November 1, 2025 that can be used to determine whether a student generates supplemental and/or concentration funding under LCFF, as well as eligibility for the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - These include: $210  million shift of General Fund and $13  million shift in federal funds to implement the previously authorized transfer of juvenile justice grant programs from BSCC to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - In contrast, if the Legislature ’s goal is to provide relief to those experiencing the greatest financial hardship, it may want to consider options beyond those linked to fuel taxes and vehicle ownership.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

State Budget Effects of Recent Federal Actions to Address COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020 - For example, if both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County request funds, the city will receive funding based on its population and the county will receive funding based on its population excluding the city ’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4217

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - Students may transfer from a community college to a UC or CSU campus, typically after completing certain lower-division courses and meeting transfer-specific minimum GPA requirements.   Extent of Online Course Offerings Varies Notably Across the Segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this requirement imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city government agencies employing law enforcement officers for police protection services —but not K-12 school districts or community college districts that employ law enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715