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Options for Reforming the State Board of Equalization

June 7, 2017 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 On Budget Process, Oversight, and Program Evaluation


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Item 7900 CalPERS Supplemental Payment, Issue 34

June 2, 2017 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee


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Item 4140-101-0001—OSHPD—Funding for Health Care Workforce Development Item 6440-001-0001—UC—Graduate Medical Education and Base Allocation

June 2, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Teacher Workforce Proposals

June 2, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Overview of Child Care and Preschool Conference Issues

June 2, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Overview of California Community Colleges (CCC) Conference Issues

June 2, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Overview of Proposition 98 and K-12 Conference Issues

June 2, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Public Safety and Labor Agenda, Page 16 Item 4440-011-0001—Metropolitan State Hospital Central Utility Plant

May 31, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Various Departments: State Penalty Fund Conference Issues Public Safety and Labor Agenda, Issue 30, Page 32

May 31, 2017 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Conference Committee Overview

May 30, 2017 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee


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Governor’s 2017-18 May Revision Cannabis-Related Proposals

May 23, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee


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Cannabis Regulation in California

May 23, 2017 - Presented to: Assembly Committee on Business and Professions


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LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook

May 19, 2017 - This post presents our multiyear outlook for the condition of the state budget through 2020-21 based on current federal and state law and policies, as modified by the Governor’s May Revision proposals. This outlook assumes the passage of the Governor’s proposals, but uses our office’s own estimates of future costs of state programs, along with our own estimates of revenues.


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The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget Proposal

May 17, 2017 - In this Budget and Policy Post, we provide an overview of several of the key factors driving the changes in estimated and proposed Medi-Cal spending in 2016-17 and 2017-18; our evaluation of the Governor’s updated caseload estimates; and an update on several key proposals from the January budget, some of which have been modified at May Revision. During continuing budget deliberations, we recommend that the Legislature ask for clarity from the Department of Health Care Services on how the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program will be funded in the future under the Governor’s proposal if Health Care Services Plans and Penalties Fund revenues are insufficient to cover the costs of the program. We also recommend that the Legislature, should it approve the Governor’s plan to cancel the planned transition of Newly Qualified Immigrants from Medi-Cal to Covered California, consider trailer bill language that repeals existing state statutory language that calls for the transition. Finally, we recommended a downward technical adjustment of $62 million General Fund to the 2017-18 May Medi-Cal Estimate.


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The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 -

As part of his May Revision, the Governor proposes the state borrow $6 billion from the Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA) to make a one-time payment to reduce state pension liabilities at CalPERS. The Governor proposes that the state and General Fund and special funds repay this loan with interest over a period of about eight years.

As we discuss in this brief, we think the plan would probably save the state money over the long run, although uncertainties remain about the likelihood and magnitude of this benefit. However, the administration is asking the Legislature to approve a large commitment of public resources with insufficient consideration. The administration has provided few of the legal or quantitative analyses that the Legislature should expect when receiving a request of this magnitude and complexity. Moreover, the administration has introduced this proposal as part of the May Revision—with only weeks before the constitutional deadline for the Legislature to approve the budget. We doubt all of the issues we raise in the brief can be reviewed by the June 15 deadline. However, there is no reason that the Legislature must make a decision before June 15. We recommend the Legislature wait to act on this plan until after the administration has submitted more analysis. At that point, the Legislature could decide whether or not to approve the proposal.