The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Control Section 19. 56 i ncludes: $ 19 m illion for workforce and economic development programs; $ 114 m illion for transportation and infrastructure; $ 32 m illion for health and human services programs; $ 260 m illion for parks, recreation, and resources; $ 238 m illion for arts and cultural programs; $ 110
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - As Figure  2 shows, these proposals have a total cost of $ 299  m illion, consisting of $ 284  m illion from university bonds and $ 15  m illion from campus reserves. The associated annual debt service is estimated to be between $ 16  m illion and $ 19  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - The Governor proposes to increase the total amount of California Competes credits that GO ‑Biz may award in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑ 22 b y $ 90  m illion per year. The administration estimates that the resulting reductions in General Fund revenue would be $ 10  m illion in 2021 ‑22, $ 35  m illion in 2022 ‑23, $ 50  m illion in 2023 ‑24, and $ 85  m illion in later years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

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

Feb 16, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget proposes net spending of $ 30  m illion General Fund ($ 85  m illion total funds) on three Medi ‑Cal benefit expansions. (Because of technical reasons and the fact that one of the benefit expansions already is in effect temporarily, these benefit expansion increase General Fund spending by $ 38 m illion on a year ‑over ‑year basis.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Among the most notable changes made to CalWORKs in the most recent budget are: Extended lifetime limits for adult recipients from 48 m onths to 60 m onths starting in May 2022. Offered adults increased flexibility in work participation requirements for their entire time on aid starting in May 2022 (currently, adults are allowed this increased flexibility for a total of only 24 m onths).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - By April, 2. 6  m illion California workers were unemployed and therefore eligible for state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. For comparison, during the Great Recession, the number of unemployed workers peaked at 1. 3  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget provided $19. 1  m illion General Fund annually for three years to supplement $11. 2  m illion in existing support from the TCTF ($6. 2  m illion) and IMF ($ 5  m illion). This increased the total annual direct funding for self ‑help centers to $30. 3  m illion through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - At the end of 2019 ‑20, the fund balance was $ 633  m illion. This is an increase of $ 189  m illion (or 43  p ercent) over the last five years and $ 376  m illion (or 146  p ercent) over the last ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - Rather than reaching a caseload of 15. 6  m illion enrollees in 2021 ‑22, as projected in the Governor ’s January budget, the May Revision projects more modest caseload growth of somewhat more than 2  m illion enrollees, leading to a total caseload of 14. 5  m illion enrollees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - The administration requests $14. 1  m illion ($2. 9  m illion General Fund) in 2021 ‑22 and $1. 3  m illion ($128,000 General Fund) in 2022 ‑ 23 t o continue three of the previous Medi ‑Cal IT system modernization projects —the approved Federal Draw and Reporting project, the proposed California Automated Recovery Management project, and the proposed Comprehensive Behavioral Health Data System Modernization project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375