The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - The remainder of the allocation is calculated based on the county ’s share of California households, as a proportion of either all rural counties or all urban counties, without access to broadband with at least 100  Mbps download speed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - (CCC also relies on local property tax revenue to cover these costs.) Figure 2 provides key fiscal information for each segment. In 2022-23, the three segments together received a total of $18.6 billion in state General Fund support and a total of $8.6 billion in student tuition revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

State Budget Effects of Recent Federal Actions to Address COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020 - For example, if both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County request funds, the city will receive funding based on its population and the county will receive funding based on its population excluding the city ’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4217

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - This measure limits the ability of cities and counties to place additional rules on rideshare and delivery companies. Fiscal Effects Whether rideshare and delivery drivers are employees or independent contractors is still being decided in the courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - As part of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress effectively eliminated the federal individual mandate by setting the penalty for violating the coverage requirement to zero beginning in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - County Jail and/or Community Supervision.  People who have no current or past convictions for serious, violent, or sex crimes are typically sentenced to county jail or supervision in the community by a county probation off icer, or both.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Additionally, $3  million was provided for a lead county office of education (COE) to provide statewide professional development and technical assistance focused on effective literacy instruction in early grades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - (COE LCFF is determined partially by ADA, as well as several other factors, including the number of school districts and students that are enrolled within the county in which they operate.) For funding purposes, the state credits school districts and COEs with their ADA in the current year, prior year, or rolling average of three prior years, whichever is higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - Contract county crews CalFire $25 million GF in 2022 ‑23 and $35 million ongoing GF to fund 12 hand crews for contract counties, and an adjustment to the approach to calculating contract county reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Specifically, the fede ral government requires states to intercept child support payments for CalWORKs and foster care families to reimburse the state, county, and federal government for the costs associated with providing CalWORKs cash assistance and foster care maintenance payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/5