The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2019 - Our lower property tax estimate mainly reflects reductions in the amount of associated funding shifted from cities, counties, and other local governments to schools and community colleges. Figure 2 Updating Prior ‑ and Current ‑Year Estimates of the Minimum Guarantee (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4113

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - The DSR —the ratio of annual General Fund spending on debt service costs to annual General Fund revenues and transfers —is often used as one measure of the state ’s debt burden. As shown in Figure  1, the DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - The state, public universities, cities, counties, school districts, and other local governments in California pay for a significant portion of health costs for their employees and their families and for some retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 17, 2019 - Specifically, the budget reverts $16.4  million in previously authorized but unencumbered funds and transfers $6  million from the Public Beach Restoration Fund. The administration plans to propose an ongoing funding solution for the HWRF as part of the 2020 ‑21 budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4103

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package creates new incentives for cities and counties to adopt pro ‑housing policies. Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Housing and Homelessness

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package creates new incentives for cities and counties to adopt pro-housing policies. Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4102

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Debt Liabilities

Oct 17, 2019 - This means the state makes the transfer in the first few days of July. This deferral only appl ies to the state ’s General Fund pension payments —other funds ’ fourth-quarter CalPERS payments are paid in June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4106

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity

Oct 17, 2019 - (For example, it was previously possible to exchange the ownership of a copyright on a piece of music for the copyright on a different piec e of music.) Like-kind exchanges for real property, such as land and buildings, are still allowed for all CT and PIT filers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4100

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - For example, a city council might not be divided into electoral districts. In this case, the residents of the entire city elect all members of the city council to represent their interests —effectively, the entire body consists of one multimember district.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - Proposition  64 provided cities and counties authority to restrict and regulate cannabis businesses located within their jurisdictions, including allowing them to limit the locations of these businesses or ban them altogether.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-010