The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - For instance, the initial rate for businesses with more than 1, 000 e mployees would be $56, 000 p er year, but the maximum level would be set at $112, 000 p er year. The cap would be adjusted annually for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index beginning in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - School districts face fiscal pressures ranging from rising pension costs to higher costs for special education. Though nearly all districts currently hold positive budget ratings, we expect districts to face more difficulty balancing their budgets in the upcoming year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - Since June 2020, the state ’s fiscal outlook, as well as the Proposition  98 outlook for school and community college funding, has improved. Developments over just the past couple of months also bode well for community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - California Volunteers requests funding for the Climate Action Corps program in 2024 ‑25 in this budget cycle so that it can demonstrate the state ’s funding commitment to this program when it applies for continued federal AmeriCorps funding in spring 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Federal Stimulus Funds for Transit

Apr 15, 2020 - This amount represents a substantial increase in federal funding for transit, with California transit agencies receiving $1.5  billion from the federal government in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020. The funding provided in the CARES Act will be allocated to transit agencies using existing federal funding formulas based on the population, as well as the size of the transit system in the areas served.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4220

Home Sales Update: July 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 25, 2021 - Sales typically peak in June and then gradually tail off over the rest of the year, as the above graph shows.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/688

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - School ‑Based Behavioral Health. To increase capacity to provide student behavioral health services, the Governor proposes $ 200  m illion General Fund ($ 400  m illion total funds) one ‑time available for three years to provide incentive payments to Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to establish partnerships with schools and county behavioral health departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Under the measure, people 18 years of age and older could use and share entheogenic substances in their homes or on private property with the owner ’s consent and possess up to a one-year personal supply of entheogenic substances.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - These people generally become eligible for parole hearings after serving 25  years in prison. These parole hearings are called youth offender hearings and can lessen the sentences of people who committed crimes while, according to research, their brains were still developing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Specifically, the Commission found that this statutory change imposed new state-mandated activities and costs on county and city law enforcement agencies —but not K-12 school district or community college district law enforcement agencies —in order for the time frames to be met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714