Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - OES —110  Fire Engines.  $25  million one time in 2018 ‑19 to purchase 110 additional fire engines, and $1.1  million ongoing to maintain and fuel the additional engines. CalFire and CCC —Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. $19  million in 2023 ‑24 and $14  million and 13 positions ongoing thereafter for
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The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Somewhat less notably, spending also has increased for drugs that help control blood sugar, kidney disease, and heart disease among diabetics (known as Sodium ‑Glucose Cotransporter  2, or SGLT2, inhibitors).
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The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Project First Approved by Legislature in 2018-19 . The 2018-19 budget provided $1.7  million General Fund for all phases of a project to construct a new classroom building for STARBASE Los Alamitos. The project was expected to be completed in April 2020.
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Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Since then, various statutes and regulations have set specific targets, including Chapter  312 of 2018 (S B  100 , de Le ón) which requires 60  percent renewable generation by 2030 and  100  percent zero ‑carbon electricity by 2045.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - Serrato, Juan Carlos Su árez & Owen Zidar, (2018). The structure of state corporate taxation and its impact on state tax revenues and economic activity. Journal of Public Economics 167, 158-176. Swenson, Charles W. (2015).
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The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - Serrato, Juan Carlos Su árez & Owen Zidar, (2018). The structure of state corporate taxation and its impact on state tax revenues and economic activity. Journal of Public Economics 167, 158-176. Swenson, Charles W. (2015).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/821

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The SRR is a fixed statewide rate (currently $54.93 per day for child care programs and $55.27 for State Preschool) that is adjusted by length of care and age of child. In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - To receive grants, collaboratives must commit to creating new intersegmental academic pathways in at least two of the following occupational areas: health care, education, business management, and engineering/computing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Update on Paid Sick Leave Implementation Paid Sick Leave (PSL) Established for IHSS Providers in 2018-19. PSL became available on July 1, 2018 for IHSS providers who worked a certain number of hours within a calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Consider Setting a Fixed Tier 2 Rate. A fixed Tier 2 rate that does not change based on the costs of funding Tier 1 programs would eliminate much of the uncertainty that Tier 2 districts face each year when making program decisions.
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