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: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Under our outlook, the Proposition  98 funding requirement for schools and community colleges is $108.2  billion ($78  billion General Fund) in 2023 ‑24, a decrease of $2.1  billion (2  percent) compared with the enacted 2022 ‑23 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4646

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

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - The budget provides $78  million General Fund annually for the Youth Jobs Corps beginning in 2023-24. The program was first established in 2021-22 as a 2.5-year program supported by limited-term federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814