The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Background State Created CalKIDS Program in 2019 ‑20 to Serve All Newborns. Under the original program, the state is to open a college savings account for every newborn in California and provide a seed deposit of at least $25 in each account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - State Has Funded Several Special Education Studies to Inform Future Reforms. The state recently funded several work groups and studies aimed at reforming different aspects of the special education system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget package provides a total of $33 billion for transportation-related programs in 2022-23, including for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), local streets and roads (shared revenues), California Highway Patrol (CHP), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to exempt the RRF and SVOG grants from state taxation by conforming the state tax laws to federal law. The administration estimates that this change would reduce state tax revenues by about $500  million over several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

LAO May Outlook Estimates of Proposition 98 Guarantee [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/606

The 2022-23 Budget: Local Control Funding Formula

Jan 28, 2022 - State Makes Several Adjustments to Prior ‑Year Attendance Calculation. When  the state calculates the change in a district ’s attendance from the prior year to the current year, it makes a number of adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4505

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - Some Proposed Spending Is Excluded Under State Appropriations Limit (SAL). The  California Constitution imposes a limit on the amount of revenue the state can appropriate each year. The state can exclude certain capital outlay appropriations from the SAL calculation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

December 2021 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2022 - The figure below shows how employment has evolved in both the state and the nation since the start of the pandemic. Overall employment in the state as of the middle of December was 4.4 percent below the level of February 2020, considerably worse than the national figure of 2.3 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/723

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package

Jan 26, 2022 - Protecting State Assets and Responsibilities. For example, some funding in the package is targeted to addressing risks on state ‑owned lands, such as state parks. The Legislature could also consider whether more funding should be spent in ways that better ensure protection of other state assets, such as highways and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4495