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[PDF] Trends in Higher Education: Facilities

It tells of underutilized facilities, particularly with the recent growth of online instruction. It shows voters’ periodic approval of state and local bond measures to support facility projects, along with the universities’ relatively new authority to issue university bonds to finance state-approved projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/5037/EdTrends-Facilities-043025.pdf

[PDF] Fixing Unemployment Insurance

During the phase-in period, the state also entered the dot-com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state’s UI tax system. As shown in Figure 4, the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly Figure 3 State's Current UI Tax Rate Schedule www.lao.ca.gov A N L A O R E P O R T 9 moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4943/Fixing-Unemployment-Insurance-120224.pdf

[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

These compacts lay out what games can be offered by tribal casinos; how gambling will be regulated; and require certain payments, such as to the state and local governments. „ Currently, 66 tribal casinos in 28 counties offer slot machines, lottery games, and card games.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Tribal casinos offer slot machines, lottery games, and card games on tribal lands at 66 casinos in 28 counties under tribal-state compacts. Each year, tribes pay around $150 million to tribes that do not operate casinos or have less than 350 slot machines, $65 million to support state regulatory and problem gaming costs, and tens of millions of dollars to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

[PDF] The 2023-24 Budget: Higher Education Overview

In contrast, no formula links the funding the Governor proposes for CSU and UC to their actual enrollment levels, the composition of their student bodies, or their specific performance outcomes. Furthermore, the Governor’s proposed base increases for CSU and UC generally are not linked to any specific cost increases (such as for salaries, utilities, and equipment)—reducing both budget transparency and accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2023/4664/Higher-Education-Overview-013123.pdf

[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

While not directly linked to this mandate, the commission has 37 pending test claims related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2009. If the commission were to find that some activities required by the permits constitute state-reimbursable mandates, the Legislature may receive additional proposals to reimburse those costs in future budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4565/Stormwater-Runoff-Mandate-022822.pdf

[PDF] The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

This UC EdBudget table and this CSU EdBudget table (both online) show all base increases, decreases, and deferrals under the budget agreement. State Sets Enrollment Growth Expectations for UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4922/Overview-of-the-Spending-Plan-090624.pdf

[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

The State Library also oversees the CAreer Pathways initiative, which provides local libraries subscriptions to various online education and training platforms available to their patrons. For example, library patrons can earn a high school diploma online through the Career Online High School program, and patrons who are 50 years old or older can
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4549/State-Library-021822.pdf

[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Bridge housing can serve as a link between the homelessness shelter system and long-term housing options. It often includes supportive services (such as employment and financial literacy counseling) provided on-site at the bridge housing unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4569/Bahavioral-Health-Proposals-030322.pdf

[PDF] Governor’s May Revision Plan to Expend Cannabis Tax Revenues

Specific areas of uncertainty include (1) using Allocation 1 to fund an equity program intended to assist members of groups that have been disadvantaged by past state and federal drug policies participate in the legal cannabis market and (2) using Allocation 3 to fund child care slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2019/Cannabis-Tax-Revenues-051319.pdf