Second Round of Higher Education Federal Relief Funds

Jan 20, 2021 - Of this amount, $187  million is reserved for assistance to private K-12 schools. California has discretion to spend the remaining $154  million on emergency grants to elementary and secondary schools, higher education institutions, or other education-related entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4315

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

May 10, 2022 - Thus, a course provided once per academic year at three campuses over the three ‑year period is counted as nine courses.) Of these courses, CELL estimates 38  percent were at CCC, 31  percent were at CSU, 20  percent were at UC, and 11  percent were at high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4594

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - The Governor proposes to eliminate the requirement that families must be working or in school for their children to be eligible for full ‑day State Preschool. Under the Governor ’s proposal, all three ‑ and four ‑year olds who meet the income requirements would be eligible for the full ‑day program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

Proposition 25 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Certain people placed in jail for misdemeanors, such as those placed in jail for domestic violence or who have failed to appear in court more than two times in the past year, would not be automatically released.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=25&year=2020

The 2020-21 Budget: Effect of Lower Cap-and-Trade Revenues on the High-Speed Rail Project

Jun 4, 2020 - The high-speed rail project receives about 25  percent of the state ’s revenues from the quarterly cap-and-trade auctions. Accordingly, the lower the state ’s cap-and-trade revenues, the less funding is available for the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4252

Contributions to CalSTRS [EdBudget]

Aug 24, 2020 - Final rates and amounts for those years will vary based on actual actuarial experience (including actuarial losses in 2019-20) and other factors. Amounts may not add to total due to rounding. a Reflects effective rates for school districts and community college districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/438

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - Among the most notable of these efforts are: Most school districts, every community college, and some CSU, UC, and private four ‑year institutions voluntarily participate in Cal ‑PASS Plus, a project overseen by the CCC Chancellor ’s Office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

An Extraordinary Moment in California's Fiscal History

Apr 11, 2019 - In our 2018 November fiscal outlook, we estimated that in order to cover the budget problem associated with a moderate recession without cutting programs or raising taxes, the state would require budget reserves of $25 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4003

The 2020-21 Budget: Immigrant Legal Services at the Public Higher Education Segments

May 21, 2020 - This is because UC has its own center —the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center (operating out of the UC Davis law school) —that provides immigrant legal services to students at nine of UC ’s ten campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4239

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - To register to vote, a person must be a U.S. citizen, be a resid ent of California, not currently be incarcerated or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and be at least 18 years old. (Eligible people who are 16 or 17 years old can pre -register to vote; however, they are not eligible to vote until they reach  18 years of age.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016