The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The purpose of spike protection is to protect the state budget from needing to sustain inc reases in the guarantee that are the result of temporary revenue spikes. At Key Points, the State Recalculates the Guarantee.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2024-25 Budget: Deficit Update

Feb 20, 2024 - For example, in the Great Recession, the programs with some of the largest expenditure reductions were in health and human services, including to Medi-Cal, which provides health coverage to low-income individuals and the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, which provides income assistance to low-inc ome individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4850

Using Card Spending Data to Track Taxable Sales [EconTax Blog]

Jul 31, 2020 - A team of academic researchers known as Opportunity Insights has posted high-frequency data on credit card and debit card spending provided by Affinity Solutions, Inc. Data users can examine spending by state, county, and metropolitan area.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/508

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - For example, the Long Beach, Northridge, and Pomona campuses are all working with Jovenes, Inc., an organization that provides support services to youth exper iencing homelessness in Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - The budget allocates $5.3  million (Cost of Implementation Account) to pay Western Climate Initiative, Inc. (WCI, Inc.) for a new information technology system used to administer cap-and-trade auctions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

Proposition 29 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - Two private for-profit companies —DaVita , Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care —own or operate nearly 75  percent of licensed clinics in California. A variety of nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies own or operate the other clinics.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=29&year=2022

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - For examp le, this could happen if the state increases access to court services in ways that require local entities that are involved in court proceedings, such as district attorneys, to inc rease staffing levels to be available for court proceedings or to process more cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - In addition, the measure specifies that it entirely conflicts with any other proposed initiatives that address the rights of individuals to gamble in California if they appear on the same statewide ballot, inc luding the above initiative already eligible for the November 2022 ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

Chronic dialysis clinics. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2021 - Two private for-profit companies —DaVita, Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care —are the “governing entity ” of nearly three-quarters of licensed CDCs in California. (The measure refers to the governing entity as the entity that owns or operates the CDC.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-013

Proposition 23 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Two private for-profit companies —DaVita, Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care —are the “governing entity ” of nearly three-quarters of licensed CDCs in California. (The measure refers to the governing entity as the entity that owns or operates the CDC.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=23&year=2020