Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

2005 Initiative Analysis:Voters' Right to Protect Marriage.

For the receipt of federal benefits or for federal tax purposes, current federal l aw only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman. State Laws. The State Constitution currently does not define marriage.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050563.htm

2006 Initiative Analysis: The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative

The fiscal effect o f the measure is unknown and would depend on future interpretation by the courts of what constitutes “rights, incidents, or employee benefits of marriage,” both under existing l aw and under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2006/060436.htm

2006 Initiative Analysis: The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative (version 2)

The fiscal effect o f the measure is unknown and would depend on future interpretation by the courts of what constitutes “rights, incidents, or employee benefits of marriage,” both under existing l aw and under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2006/060490.htm

^[PDF] Overview on Poverty

Despite its fl aws, the poverty thresholds allow researchers and policy makers to examine trends over time using a consistent measure.  Substantial Changes Set for 2011. In September 2011, the Census Bureau will publish two sets of poverty data.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2011/Poverty_Overview_05_10_11.pdf

2006 Initiative Analysis: The Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative (version 3)

The fiscal effect o f the measure is unknown and would depend on future interpretation by the courts of what constitutes “rights, incidents, or employee benefits of marriage,” both under existing l aw and under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2006/060628.htm

^[PDF] LAO Annual Report Fiscal Year 1993-94

Historically, one of the most im- tg portant responsibilities of the LAO • Making Government Make iscal has been to analyze the annual Gov- Sense-How Should the Legisla- ernor's Budget and publish a detailed ture Reorganize State and Local review of that document at the end Government Program Responsi- ce of February.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/annual_report_f.y._93-94.pdf

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Impedes a patient 's ability to obtain, transport, or cultivate marijuana, so long as (1)  the method of obtaining, cultivating, or transporting marijuana is consistent with the business practices and/or cultivation practices used for other non-prohibited flora in the l aw ’s jurisdiction, and (2) no medical marijuana business or cultivation activities occur within 600  feet of a K-12 school, unless approved by local authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - State law also has a number of antidiscrimination provisions that are similar to those in federal l aw. Policies and Programs Created or Modified After Proposition  209. After voters approved Proposition  209, some public entities in California created or modified policies and programs to instead consider characteristics not banned by Proposition  209.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020

2000 Budget Analysis: H&SS; Foster Care

Current l aw provides the same COLA for FFHs and GHs, but makes them "subject to the availability of funds." We recommend providing a COLA to FFH and GH providers because (1) there is no pol icy rationale for distinguishing these types of providers from FFAs, and (2) revenues are sufficient to provide the COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/health_ss/hss_19_Foster_Care_anl00.htm