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

Nov 16, 2022 - For some service‑based programs, the state pays specific rates to private and nonprofit entities to deliver services to program beneficiaries. Examples of provider rates include child care vouchers, Medi‑Cal managed care payments, and developmental service provider rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Administered as part of AmeriCorps, the initiative provides students at public and private higher education institutions with service opportunities in areas such as education and youth development, health, and disaster response.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Chapter  57 of 2023 (SB  145, Newman) includes provisions related to mitigating the environmental impacts of various types of transportation projects, including a high-speed rail project that has been proposed by a private firm, Brightline West, to be constructed between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The program is administered by Lendistry —a private financial institution —under contract to the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) in the Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Dymally Institute — Regional K ‑16 education collaboratives — Hastings College of the Law California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education — Hastings College of the Law Alternative campus safety program College savings accounts (General Fund share) — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ base awards — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ student parent supplemental awards — Golden State
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - Similar to private employers, the law requires districts to pay a tax equal to 1. 45  p ercent of payroll. We found that nearly all of the $ 650  m illion in mandated expenditures districts currently report are related to the Medicare payroll tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416