Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Senate Bill  606 required our office to assess implementation of urban water use efficiency standards and urban water supplier reporting by submitting a report by January  10,  2024 to the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature and to the public.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - Beyond systemwide tuition and fee charges, students pay various other fees, including for health services, textbooks and other instruction al materials, housing, and parking. UC Is Governed by a Central Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Moreover, some studies have found that high housing costs have pushed higher proportions of lower ‑income households to live farther away from their workplaces and urban centers, resulting in comparatively longer commute distances (and correspondingly higher costs from both fuel consumption or a potential road charge).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - The decrease primarily is driven by the ramp down of a handful of behavioral health initiatives, such as the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative and Behavioral Health Bridge Housing. In addition, the 2023-24 budget included a notable one-time retroactive payment to the federal government related to erroneous state claiming of federal Medicaid funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - Medication  rooms are rooms inside of or near housing units where medication is prepared and/or distributed to patients. Since being appointed, the Receiver has identified various shortcomings with CDCR ’s medication rooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - . $15  million for the Multifamily Seismic Retrofit Grant Program to provide financial assistance for seismic retrofitting to owners of multifamily housing at risk of collapse in earthqu akes. (The 2022-23 budget package originally specified that the Legislature shall appropriate $250  million one time in 2023-24 for this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Have been approved to receive Housing Support Program benefits. Have been approved to receive Homeless Assistance Program benefits. Are engaged in supportive services as captured in Cal-OAR. Are in welfare-to-work sanction status.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Current SILP rates do not account for regional variations in housing costs; the supplement will provide additional funding to youth residing in higher-cost counties. (T he supplement will be implemented in a similar manner to a housing supplement currently provided for the Transitional Housing Program-Plus administered by the California
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Support ADRC program operations, including data collection and sharing practices. 5.0 Home and Community ‑Based Services Transitions Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program. Provided incentive funds to Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to address homelessness and keep beneficiaries housed. $1,299.6 Community Care Expansion Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6