The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - Under the direction of the Attorney General, DOJ provides legal services to state agencies. State agencies can request —and are generally billed for —DOJ services to initiate legal action, defend or represent them in legal actions filed by others, or provide legal advice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Implementation of New State Policy DSS Updated Policy to Align State Referral Practices With New Federal Guidance and State Law. In March  2023, DSS issued a letter to counties updating the state ’s policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - They must hire an auditor from a list of firms approved by the State Controller ’s Office. The auditor then conducts an independent review following procedures in the audit manual developed by the state known as the Guide for Annual Audits of K ‑12 Local Education Agencies and State Compliance Reporting (known as the audit guide).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/833

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Oct 19, 2023 - This post summarizes the state’s 2023‑24 spending package for higher education. It is part of our Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4809

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - California State Library California State Library Funding Is $596  Million in 2023 ‑24. Of this amount, $574  million is General Fund, $18  million is federal funds, and the remainder comes from various state special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - As mentioned, state TANF programs must meet WPR requirements or face financial penalties. A state ’s WPR requirements are reduced via “caseload reduction credits ” if the state ’s caseload declined within a certain period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2024-25 Budget: Property Tax Postponement Program [EconTax Blog]

Feb 29, 2024 - Furthermore, given the state ’s General Fund problem, continuing to operate the PTP program means the Legislature will need to find more solutions in other parts of the state budget. Low Participation and High Administrative Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/800

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As shown in Figure  1, the state ’s largest low-wage occupation consists of home health and personal care aides, who make up more than 4  percent of the state ’s overall workforce. We estimate that three-quarters of home health and personal care aides work as providers in the state ’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - State Recently Established Grant Program to Support Cost of Seismic Upgrades. As part of Chapter  489 of 2021 (SB  395, Caballero), which increased taxes on electronic cigarette products, the state created the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860