The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - Some of these felony ISTs could still end up on the waitlist, waiting in county jails for transfer to DSH for treatment. Whether Counties Would Have Funds Available to Reduce Rate of Felony IST Referrals Is Unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - The Academic Senate ’s focus for every round of funding is to prioritize OER that is needed to complete a new zero ‑textbook ‑cost degree for students, with an emphasis on associate degrees for transfer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Chiefs of police, as well as the city officials who appoint and oversee them, are responsible for conditions inside city ‑operated detention facilities. Juvenile Detention Facilities House Youth in Various Stages of Juvenile Justice System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of CalAIM Financing Issues

Feb 16, 2021 - First, Whole Person Care currently is an optional pilot program operating in 24 c ounties and one city and funded with a mix of federal and local funds. CalAIM would end these pilots, expand certain service components of Whole Person Care statewide, and transfer management over many of the activities included under Whole Person Care generally from counties to managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4374

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The transfer occurs at the direction of DOF and the State Controller ’s Office the year after the taxes are collected. For example, excess property taxes collected in 2019 ‑ 20 o ffset the state ’s General Fund support of trial courts in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget includes provisional language that would allow the administration to transfer local assistance expenditure authority (both federal fund and General Fund) between CDE and DSS during the course of the fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - Specifically, CalAIM would make various changes that affect county responsibilities, such as ( 1)  t he transfer of responsibility for covering specialty mental health services in two counties where today a Medi ‑Cal managed care plan (Kaiser) covers such services and ( 2)  n ew requirements for counties to initiate the Medi ‑Cal enrollment process and coordinate care for county inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Transfer Target at Private Nonprofit Sector In this section, we provide background on the associate degree for transfer (ADT) admission target for the private nonprofit sector, describe the Governor ’s early action proposal to postpone the target by one year, assess that proposal, and offer an associated recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

3rd Quarter 2020 Personal Income Report [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - While transfer payments fell, they remained at levels well above 2019.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/620

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, low ‑income students transferred at onl y 4 0  p ercent of the rate of their higher ‑income peers. As a further comparison, we examined the share of low ‑income students transferring through the interdistrict permit system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329