The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - For instance, any redirections from SHA ultimately would result in less funding available for state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects. SHA funds the California Department of Transportation ’s State Highway Operation and Protection Program, which supports capital projects that rehabilitate and reconstruct the state highway system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - If selected as a pilot participant, the state would have the opportunity to demonstrate whether alternative measurements might be more pertinent to measuring the success of state TANF programs. This could benefit California after the pilot ends if the federal government decides to change the TANF performance metrics for all states going forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - From an employment policy standpoint, the statewide measures described earlier suggest that the state ’s minimum wage is not particularly high. This is especially true in the Bay Area, where wages are substantially higher than other parts of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

Overview of State Bond Debt Service [EconTax Blog]

Feb 27, 2024 - Overview of State Bond Debt Service [EconTax Blog] Overview of State Bond Debt Service February 27, 2024 In this post, we summarize state bonds, the state ’s current debt levels, and its annual debt service payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/798

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation [Publication Details]

Mar 21, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4888

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - After the state enacts the 2024 ‑25 budget, UC will finalize its enrollment counts for 2023 ‑24. If actual enrollment that year falls short of the state target, we recommend the state revert any unearned funds as part of the 2025 ‑26 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - DPR indicates taking enforcement actions on out ‑of ‑state pesticide dealers would be a more appropriate role to assign to the state, since the primary role of CACs is to be the main enforcement authorities within their jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - This funding would support repairs to levees and other infrastructure on state ‑owned land, for which the state is responsible. The funding also would enable the state to draw down additional support from USACE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - The state carries out this role through the SSMP. (While statute requires the state to consider local economic impacts, it does not assign fiscal responsibility to the state to address any such effects that may result from a shrinking Salton Sea.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Federal and state broadband programs define unserved and underserved in different ways using various criteria. All of the major federal and state programs, however, estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of households in areas of the state without broadband access.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867