The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services Resource Family Approval augmentation for counties $50 Emergency Child Care Bridge —program expansion and access to administrative funds 42 Support for recruitment and approval of tribally approved homes 8 Implementing legislation (SB 354, AB 546, AB 647, AB 670, AB
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - The spending plan also provides $10  million in 2022-23 ($8  million ongoing) and 29 positions to implement legislation enacted in 2021 related to community wildfire preparation and mitigation, including Chapter  225 (AB  9, Wood), Chapter  375 (AB  642, Friedman), and Chapter  382 (SB  63, Stern).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Oct 3, 2022 - TBL refers to trailer bill language contained in Chapter 53 of 2022 (AB 182, Committee on Budget), Chapter 54 of 2022 (AB 183, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), or Chapter 572 of 2022 (AB 190, Committee on Budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/622

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - Chapter  53 of 2022 (AB  182, Committee on Budget) created the Learning Recovery Emergency Fund, a special fund to assist schools and community colleges in the long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemi c.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - The spending plan provides SCO $98.2  million General Fund and 35 positions (32 permanent positions and three limited-term positions) in 2022-23 to complete project planning through CDT ’s PAL process and start project development and implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - The budget also requires DOJ submit a report assessing the program by April 2023. $2.3 million in 2022-23 (decreasing to $1.6 million annually beginning in 2023-24) for continued implementation of Chapter 326 of 2020 (AB 1506, McCarthy).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - As shown in Figure  11 , in  2018 ‑19, arrests per attorney in 25 of 32 district attorney offices clustered between 201 to 400. Arrests per attorney in public defender offices reflected greater variation across counties, with 24 of 32 public defender offices reporting ranging between 201 to 500 arrests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Sep 1, 2022 - AB = Assembly Bill. CalWORKs = California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/631

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - (The 32 percent of state engineers not included in the compensation study include engineering jobs such as mechanical engineers and architects.) The compensation study found that state civil (representing 52 percent of the bargaining unit) and environmental (representing 11 percent of the bargaining unit) engineers are compensated above market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 22, 2022 - Although the calculation described above uses numbers that differ somewhat from these quarterly totals, it currently appears unlikely that 2021-22 yielded any of the excess revenues contemplated in AB 195.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/751