Initiative process. [Ballot]

Nov 17, 2021 - The Attorney General is an elective office established in the State Constitution. As the chief attorney and law enforcement official for the state, the Attorney General (1) serves as litigation counsel to state officers and, with some exceptions, to state agencies and (2) serves as the chief executive of DOJ.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-024

Housing affordability and property taxes. [Ballot]

Nov 12, 2021 - Revenues Exempt From State Spending Limit and Minimum Education Funding Levels. The State Constitution contains various rules affecting the state budget. For example, the State Constitution specifies a state spending limit and requires a minimum level of annua l funding for K-12 education and the California Community Colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-023

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Nov 9, 2021 - Examines Medi-Cal enrollment of Department of Developmental Services (DDS) consumers and the fiscal effect that additional Medi-Cal enrollment would have on the DDS budget and on state costs overall. Correction 11/19/21: Corrected average annual per person fee-for-service cost in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4471

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Consequently, the state cannot draw down federal Medicaid funds to help pay for DDS services provided to these consumers —the state (through the General Fund) currently pays 100  p ercent of the cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

California Venture Capital Funding, 3rd Quarter 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 5, 2021 - As the graph below shows, the pandemic has not disrupted the flow of VC funding to state firms and may have caused many firms that provide services that cater specifically to remote work to become more attractive VC investments.   
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/711

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - Total state funding for K-12 education is around $67 billion annually. In recent years, the state has spent a bout $1.5 billion per year to support school facilities projects, primarily from voter-approved general obligation bonds paid for by the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2021 - The Secretary of State provides statewide oversight over the administration of elections in California. Among its many duties, th e Secretary of State ’s responsibilities include maintaining the state ’s statewide voter registration system, known as VoteCal; providing guidance to local election officials on how to implement state and federal law; and facilitating statewide maint enance of the list of registered voters.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-021

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 3, 2021 - Through October, federal withholding was up 19.5 percent from last year, slightly below the state ’s pace.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/710

California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - One-time state costs in the low tens of millions of dollars to relocate California Public Utilities Commission staff to other state agencies. Ongoing net state savings of several million dollars annually or one-time state revenues of $100 million to $200 million, depending on use of the existing commission headquarters in San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: Home- and Community-Based Services Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Nov 1, 2021 - This post summarizes the state’s 2021-22 spending package for Home- and Community-Based Services. 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/4469