The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Chapter  3 of 2016 (AB X2  1, Thurmond.) provided DDS $11  million General Fund annually to support grants for service providers to modify their programs and services to make them compliant with the final HCBS rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - As part of the 2021 ‑22 budget package, Chapter  143 of 2021 (AB  133, Committee on Budget) moved $333.4  million of this freed-up General Fund to the Health Care Affordability Reserve Fund (HCARF) to support future affordability efforts in Covered California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Chapter  488 of 2006 (AB  32, N ú ñez) established the goal of limiting GHG emissions statewide to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave CARB regulatory authority to achieve the maximum cost-effective and technologically feasible emissions reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - This includes about 700 people (1  percent) sentenced to death; 5,100 (5  percent) sentenced to LWOP; 31,000 (32  percent) with indeterminate sentences; and 59,000 (62  percent) with determinate sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update [Publication Details]

Jan 4, 2023 - This brief evaluates the California Air Resources Board's plan for achieving statewide 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4656

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - This brief evaluates the California Air Resources Board's plan for achieving statewide 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2022 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cannabis cultivation tax effective July 1, 2022. The revenue estimates reported in this post represent the first quarter of cannabis tax revenues without the cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/762

Proposition 26 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - Currently, 84 cardrooms in 32 counties can offer certain card games (such as poker). Cardrooms pay state and local fees and taxes. For example, cardrooms pay the state around $24 million each year (annually) generally for regulatory costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=26&year=2022

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Model curricula for these topics is required by Chapter  686 of 2018 (SB  895, Nguyen) and Chapter  614 of 2017 (AB  738, Lim ón). The funds are administered by CDE and are to be split equally across the four model curricula.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Eliminate Certain AB  97 Provider Rate Reductions. The spending plan includes $9  million General Fund ($19.6  million total funds) to eliminate certain provider rate reductions (commonly referred to as the “AB  97 provider rate reductions ”), including those for nurses, chronic dialysis clinics, respiratory care providers, blood banks, psychologists, and various others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642