The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - For example, for the Department of Social Services ’ Child Welfare Services – California Automated Response and Engagement System project, the project D &I approach changed to a combination of agile and traditional approaches because county eligibility workers needed to limit the amount of user testing and training required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

U.S. Retail Sales Update: February 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 15, 2023 - U.S. retail sales have grown 2 percent over the last 3 months and 5.4 percent over the last 12 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/772

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - The figure below shows two measures of investments promised by California Competes tax credit recipients (1) capital investments per $1 of tax credit and (2) new jobs per $100,000 of tax credit (adjusted for inflation).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - The CCA program allows cities, counties, and other government entities within the service area of an IOU to purchase and/or generate electricity for their residents and businesses. The intention of this program is to increase options for customers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - UC Law SF indicates that the remaining project costs will be split between conventional debt ‑financing ($103  million) and the historic tax credit equity program ($37  million), which is a federal program focused on the rehabilitation of certified historic buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - Beginning in 2012-13, however, the historical county share-of-cost model was replaced with an IHSS county maintenance-of-effort (MOE), meaning county costs would reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS costs as opposed to a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Different cities and counties began their programs at varying times, but all are currently scheduled to end by May 2024 when the existing funds run out. CA Volunteers allocated 80  percent of the $185  million to the largest 13 cities in the state using a population ‑based formula ($148  million), and granted 19  percent on a competitive basis to 14 other cities and counties ($35  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2023-24 Budget: Governor’s Proposals for the Department of General Services

Mar 1, 2023 - OSP provides printing, marketing, and document management services to state agencies, cities, counties, and schools. For example, state agencies can request mass printing and mailing of outreach items, such as letters and postcards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - CalRecycle administers and provides oversight of the state ’s waste handling and recycling programs, which largely are managed at the local level by cities and counties. CalRecycle also implements several statewide programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit [Publication Details] Description: This brief surveys research on the economic effects of state film tax credits and analyzes the Governor's proposal to extend California's film tax credit for five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4713