The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - After approving the budget act, the Legislature ratified an MOU between the state and the union representing CalFire that includes additional provisions to implement the 66‑hour duty week. The terms of this agreement will increase these costs as the reduction in duty week hours is put in place beyond the amounts envisioned in the budget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Appendix 4, Figure 6 Remaining Large One ‑Time and Temporary Augmentations From the 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 Budget Packages: Public Safety General Fund (In millions) Organized Retail, Motor Vehicle, and Cargo Theft Prevention Grants (Public Safety Package) $85 Augmentation to California Violence Intervention and Prevention Program 66 Note: Includes augmentations above $50 million BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788/4

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget includes $78  million ($66  million General Fund and $12  million Proposition  98 funds) to reduce family fees in child care and State Preschool to 1  percent of family income for families making at least 75  percent of the state median income, beginning October 1, 2023 (with full ‑year costs increasing to $100  million annually).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - Regional centers report that, as a result, they hire fewer service coordinators and those service coordinators carry average caseload ratios of rough ly 1:78 consumers —above statutory limits, which range from 1:25 to 1:66 based on several categories of consumer need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647