Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending

Jul 13, 2023 - The left side of Figure  3 displays counties ’ 2021-22 program expenditures (totaling $2.1  billion) by funding category as well as examples of the programs that fall under current MHSA categories as reported in the 2021-22 expenditure data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4782

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Figure  2 displays RAND ’s estimates of the regional shortfall by facility type. In the South San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area, RAND estimates a general shortfall across all categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Major Spending Choices Figure  2 displays the major budgetary decisions that the Governor made in allocating state and federal money, totaling $85  billion. It includes (1)  the General Fund surplus, (2)  school and community college spending, (3)  the American Rescue Plan (ARP) fiscal relief funds, and (4)  ARP capital projects funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - It also has improved the online display and interactive features of some of this information, including for example, data about the purchase of services, results from the National Core Indicators survey, and select information about RCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

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

Feb 16, 2021 - Figure  3 displays the difference between the administration ’s projections and caseload actuals. Administration ’s Caseload Projections Are Likely Overstated, Particularly in 2021 ‑22. Caseload likely will rise significantly over the course of 2021 ‑22 as a result of the COVID ‑ 19 p andemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - Self-Reported Foregone and/or Delayed Care Figure  7 displays the monthly Household Pulse survey data on foregone and/or delayed care during the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 2020 through July 2020, more than one-third of survey respondents reported that they delayed getting medical care due to the COVID-19 pandemic (blue line).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426