California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - However, if the Legislature makes substantial changes to the authorities and/or decision-making procedures that are transferred to other agencies, there could be more substantial fiscal effects than those identified below.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Jun 29, 2023 - Under the measure, a city or county could ban or limit the number of psilocybin mushroom businesses within its boundaries if approved by the voters within that jurisdiction at a st atewide election held in November.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-004

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Of this amount, $3  million is from the General Fund via a transfer to the Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund and the remainder is from various bond and special funds. These monies mostly support replacing and upgrading various facilities at state parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - In recent years, CalWORKs and other benefits loaded onto Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards have been subject to increasing levels of theft. The administration projects this theft will cost the state $167  million for reimbursements in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The budget also makes a number of smaller modifications to CalRx, including by transferring associated staffing and resources from CalHHS to HCAI and by enacting technical statutory changes in trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

Building Permits Update: March 2020 [EconTax Blog]

May 5, 2020 - For example, all but eleven of the 1,993 units permitted in December 2018 were attributable to p rojects with five or more units in the city of San Francisco.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/461

Taxpayer protection and government accountability. [Ballot]

Jan 19, 2022 - State law requires increases in local taxes to receive approval of the local governing body —for example, a city council or county board of supervisors —as well as approval of voters in that local jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-042

Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget]

Jan 13, 2022 - Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget] 6.6% a Includes funding for Necessary Small Schools. b Proposal would increase the amount of funding districts receive through LCFF base, supplemental, and concentration grants. c Proposal would be implemented as a special LCFF add-on. d Includes funding related to inter-district transfer students, support for the State Special Schools, and the Education Protection Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/587

The 2023-24 Budget: California State Library

Apr 19, 2023 - 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/4761

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Although the state has already transferred the $1.7  billion payment to CalPERS associated with the 2023 ‑24 Proposition  2 requirement, how the funds would be applied to the state ’s unfunded liability has not yet been determined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887