The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, the 2022 ‑23 budget package included $150  million one ‑time General Fund —referred to as the 2022 ‑23  backfill set aside —that the State Controller ’s Office could transfer to Proposition  64 programs in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - A 2020 survey of 200 California school districts conducted by the Center for Cities + Schools at the University of California Berkeley found that more than half of responding districts (53  percent) fell into this latter category, while 31  percent reported high levels of scratch cooking, and 16  percent reporting little or no scratch cooking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - Both types of projects may be infrastructure in the broad sense, with differences —like ownership of the asset —making one but not the other eligible for administrative augmentation. As  the Legislature considers the Governor ’s budget, we suggest it also consider which programs have preexisting processes for adjusting for inflation and which do not and whether automatic adjustments align with its priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - Some cities, counties, and special districts have their own retirement boards to administer their plans. Most cities, counties, and special districts have CalPERS or their county retirement systems administer their plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The Legislature may want to ask the administration if SCO will transfer a greater amount of the available $150 million General Fund in 2023‑24 if Proposition 64 revenue is lower than the Governor’s budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

Proposition 27 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - HHAPP provides funding to local entities (such as cities) and tribes to help them achieve their goals related to addressing homelessness. Currently, 80  percent of HHAPP funds go to local entities generally based on their share of the state ’s homeless population, 2  percent to tribes, and 18  percent to the state to provide bonuses to local entities and tribes who meet their goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=27&year=2022

The 2023-24 Budget: May Revision Proposals Related to the California Model and San Quentin State Prison

May 19, 2023 - The May Revision proposes to transfer these funds to CDCR ’s capital outlay budget. According to the administration, the funds would support projects that could include demolition, site preparations, and building renovations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4771

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - (We note that CERF is supported exclusively by transfers from the General Fund.) $126.6 million General Fund in 2022-23 (increasing to $162.5 million in 2024-25 and ongoing) to expand the number of people assessed and treated through the existing Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2021 - 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/2021-005

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - This platform transfers student ‑level course, grade, and certain other data files (such as degrees earned) electronically across California ’s higher education segments. Most of these electronic transcripts are for community college students applying for transfer admission to CSU or the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409