Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

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https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-019

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Broadband Infrastructure

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4467

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

Oct 27, 2021 - The budget package includes $ 735 m illion in 2021 ‑22 ($1. 6 b illion ongoing) across state and federal fund sources to provide additional slots for child care across several child care programs. The Legislature and Governor further agreed to add 80, 000 c hild care slots through 2025 ‑26, which is anticipated to cost an additional $ 1 b illion General Fund by 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Independent study programs range from fully online virtual academies to hybrid programs that combine on-site and off-site (as well as synchronous and asynchronous) instruction. Whereas state law ordinarily allows districts to decide whether to provide these programs, budget trailer legislation requires districts to provide an independent study option in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Currently, Medi-Cal eligibility is not granted to adults applying online until after their incomes have been verified against administrative income records. The spending plan provides $8  million General Fund ($17  million total funds) to instead extend accelerated enrollment to such adults ages 19 through 64.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

Home Prices Update: September 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 20, 2021 - Previous recessions have had disparate effects on home prices: they were largely unaffected by the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2001, while in the late 2000s the collapse of the housing bubble was the single biggest factor that led to the financial crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/706

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Tribes currently operate 66 casinos in 28 counties, offering slot machines, lottery games, and card games on Indian lands. As discussed below, these casinos are generally authorize d based on agreements with individual gaming tribes and the state and are regulated by individual tribal gaming agencies, CGCC, and DOJ.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

Emergency shutdown orders. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - If the information relied upon as justification for a shutdown order changes, the updated information shall be posted online within seven days. The measure does not require information to be posted online if doing so w ould create a severe and immediate threat to state or national security, disclose trade secrets or confidential financial information, create a severe invasion of privacy for a “nonpublic person, ” or violate federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-018

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - The budget provides $20  million to support a new grant program for cities establishing an online solar permitting system. Figure 8 Grants for cities to establish online solar permitting CEC Terrestrial renewable energy permitting and review DFW Humbolt Offshore Wind Port development CEC Supplementary Funding for Flex ‑Alert CPUC Wildfire operational observer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463