Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - The proposal is currently moving through the Legislature in two companion bills —SB  326 (Eggman) and AB  531 (Irwin). Specifically, the Governor proposes a general obligation bond for the March  2024 ballot that would raise $4.7  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2020-21 Budget: Local Agency Employee Organizations, Impasse Procedures II

Mar 4, 2020 - (In a prior decision, Local Agency Employee Organization: Impasse Procedures I, the commission determined that the fact-finding process established in law before Chapter   314 —a process established by Chapter  680 of 2011 [AB  646, Atkins] —did not require local governmental employers to participate in a fact-finding process.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4190

University of California Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Excluding the medical school projects at Riverside and Merced, the bond-supported projects were approved using the process established in Chapter 50 of 2013 (AB 94, Committee on Budget). The annual debt service on these bonds is estimated to be $15.5 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/305

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - The California State Teachers ’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Funding Plan, Chapter  47 of 2014 (AB  1469, Bonta), gave the CalSTRS board limited authority to increase the state ’s contribution rate to the pension system ’s Defined Benefit program by up to 0.5  percent of payroll annually, beginning in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2021 - Under recently enacted legislation, Chapter 312 of 2021 (AB 37, Berman), all voters in California receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot. Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a ballot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-021

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Under recently enacted legislation, Chapter  312 of 2021 (AB  37, Berman), all voters in California receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot. Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ball ot off at a ballot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - Starting in 2013 ‑14, Chapter  604 of 2011 (AB  131, Cedillo) —known as the California Dream Act —expanded state financial aid eligibility to certain nonresident students (including undocumented students) who attended three or more years of high school in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - However, the wage replacement rate increase under AB  908 was scheduled to expire December 31, 2021 and revert back to the pre-existing, lower wage replacement rates. The budget package extends the higher rates under AB  908 for two years, through January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - This amount consists of the following: $65  million annually for five years associated with 20 administrative fees eliminated by Chapter  92 of 2020 (AB  1869, Committee on Budget) as of July 2021. These fees are generally related to arrest and booking, indigent criminal defense, and alternative to incarceration programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Chapter  27 of 2021 (AB  832, Chiu) extended existing eviction protections provided to tenants that owe rent due to a COVID-19-related hardship experienced through September 20, 2021 and provides additional protections through March  31, 2022 for households applying for emergency rental assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468