The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Through 2024 ‑25, districts funded according to the hold harmless provision receive whatever they generated in 2017 ‑18 under the old formula, plus any subsequent apportionment COLA provided by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25. In last year’s analysis , we raised several issues with the design of these grants—all of these concerns still apply.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary persons in California, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates about 200,000 of the state ’s 33  million population aged 13 years and over (less than 1  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The Governor is concerned that districts funded according to the existing hold harmless provision are on track to experience fiscal declines when the provision expires at the end of 2024 ‑25. To address this issue, the Governor proposes to create a new funding floor based on districts ’ hold harmless level at the end of 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2020-21 Budget: Medical Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2020 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s proposals relating to UC medical education. After providing an overview of medical education, we first analyze the Governor’s proposals to expand enrollment and build a new academic building at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. We then analyze the Governor’s proposal to expand enrollment and services at the UCSF Fresno branch campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4166

2021-22 Fiscal Outlook Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2020 - We project annual SUT growth of 2.8 percent in 2022-23, accelerating to 4 percent in 2023-24 and 2024-25. SUT Forecast Higher Than Budget Act. In total, our SUT projections from 2019-20 through 2021-22 are $7.2 billion above the amount assumed in the Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/581

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - The interim report is due January 1, 2024, with a final report due January 1, 2025 and every five years thereafter. The Legislature could use this existing report as a tool to monitor revenue trends, perhaps modifying statute to require more frequent updates if it wanted to track developments more closely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2022-23 Budget: Highway Violence Task Force

Feb 14, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes a total of $10.6  million General Fund support over three years —$4  million in 2022 ‑23 and $3.3  million in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑ 25 —for CHP to support its Highway Violence Task Force.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4533

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2021 - The board generally considers the release of third strikers after they serve the minimum number of years required by their sentences (less any sentencing credits). For example, BPH would consider the release of a third striker sentenced to 25-years-to-life with 5 years of sentencing credits after the person served 20 years in prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-035

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - “The Effects of School Spending on Educational and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms. ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 131.1 (2016): 157 ‑218. O ’Brien, Nina F., and Christianne J.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713