The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 2021 - This post summarizes the state’s 2021-22 spending package for child care and preschool. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4485

Overview of Special Education Funding Models [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 2021 - Overview of Special Education Funding Models [Publication Details] Description: This brief provides background on the state’s current funding allocation formula for special education, describes funding formulas used in other states, establishes a framework for evaluating these formulas, and offers some issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4486

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - The two largest augmentation, totaling $790  million, are related to the expansion of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool at school sites. Most of the remaining funding is intended to provide additional funding to child care and State Preschool providers to assist with pandemic-related issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - The purpose of the state ’s LCFS program is to reduce the average carbon intensity of transportation fuels in the state by incentivizing the production and use of low carbon fuels. The program establishes statewide carbon intensity standards for transportation fuels supplied.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2021 - Fiscal Effects State Criminal Justice System Impacts. The measure would have various impacts on the state ’s criminal justice system. Most significantly, the measure would reduce the state prison population.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-035

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - These potential longer ‑term actions include aligning state grants with regional priority plans and considering ongoing  funding for RFFC. Short ‑Term Recommendations Create State Requirements for Regional Priority Plans State Standards Could Help Align Plans With State Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2021 - In recent years, as wildfires have increased in severity and damage, the Legislature has shown growing interest in state support of wildfire prevention efforts, including regional planning for forest health activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4482

Overview of Mental Health Services for College Students

Dec 10, 2021 - State Has Begun Supplementing Funding for Campus Mental Health Services. As Figure  1 shows, the state has provided funding to UC, CSU, and CCC specifically for student mental health services since 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4481

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - Based on the preliminary results, the state will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in revenue from the auction—the highest amount for any quarterly auction in the program’s history. As shown in Figure 1, this amount is somewhat more than what the state received from the August 2021 auction ($1.1 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480

Biannual Report on Truck Deliveries

Dec 1, 2021 - Cross-State Purchases of Large Trucks Are Uncommon. Although we could not acquire the data specified by the statute, some data from the Department of Motor Vehicles can help us put the general magnitude of cross-state large truck purchases into perspective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4479