The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - If the homes were scattered throughout a city, however, we think the argument is more tenuous. For this reason, in the case of vehicles, we think a vehicle represents an asset —not a fleet —and so the value of an individual vehicle must exceed $100,000 in order to count as an exclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - A more risk ‑averse car owner might purchase full ‑coverage insurance while a less risk ‑averse car owner might purchase only what is legally required. Yet these analogies do not well describe the state ’s revenue situation —because , unlike with a car accident, the question of revenue drops is not if but when .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - To address the budget problem, the budget also makes several other funding changes: Postpones Infrastructure Funding for the City of Fresno. Last year ’s budget allocated $250  million for public infrastructure investments in the City of Fresno.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - To address the budget problem, the budget also makes several other funding changes: Postpones Infrastructure Funding for the City of Fresno. Last year ’s budget allocated $250  million for public infrastructure investments in the City of Fresno.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2017-18 Budget: California Highway Patrol

Feb 9, 2017 - In addition, the budget includes provisional language to allow the CHP, in cooperation with the Department of General Services and the Department of Finance, to enter into a build-to-suit, lease/purchase, or a lease with an option to purchase agreement to provide for a new Santa Ana area office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3551

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package creates new incentives for cities and counties to adopt pro ‑housing policies. Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

Flexible Funding to California in the American Rescue Plan

Mar 23, 2021 - Cities and counties will receive fiscal recovery funds based on a set of formulas that considers the jurisdiction ’s population, among other factors. The federal government will distribute funds directly to all counties and cities with populations greater than 50,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4407

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Cities and Special Districts Receive Almost $8 Billion in Federal Funds. Cities received over $4 billion in federal funds in 2014-15. The federal Community Development Block Grant—supporting local housing and economic development activities—was the single largest program for which cities received federal funding ($231 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/5

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - The program provides funding to local “host partner ” agencies —including cities, universities, tribes, and community-based organizations —to hire individuals who are at least 18 years of age to serve as fellows for up to 11 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Second, the budget provides $6. 5  m illion to help counties and cities address the backlog of unprocessed sexual assault evidence and $ 1  m illion to inventory the total amount of unprocessed evidence in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/11