The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Chapter  402 of 2022 (AB  1051, Bennett) changes the requirements around presumptive transfer of responsibility for specialty mental health service provision for foster youth placed in congregate care settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2021-22 Budget: Extension of AB 8 Fees and Funding Securitization for Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Extension of AB 8 Fees and Funding Securitization for Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4370

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Called on residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15 percent (relative to 2020 levels) in summer 2021. 2022 Chapter 679 (SB 1157, Hertzberg) Made amendments to AB 1668, including tightening indoor residential water use standards used in water use objectives. 2023 Chapter 849 (AB 1572, Friedman) Prohibits use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on CII landscapes, phasing in the prohibition from 2027 to 2031.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

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

46 Higher Education Capital Projects Approved for Debt Financing in 2023-24 [EdBudget]

Sep 14, 2023 - b Chapter 189 of 2023 (SB 104, Skinner) provides CCC with an ongoing $61.5 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund augmentation to support the financing of these projects. c Chapter 38 of 2023 (AB 102, Ting) provides CSU with an ongoing $99.7 million General Fund augmentation to support the financing of these projects. d Chapter 189 of 2023 (SB 104, Skinner) provides UC with an ongoing $84 million General Fund augmentation to support the financing of these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/794

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 spending plan includes $1.3  million General Fund ongoing to support eight new positions to implement Chapter  381 of 2022 (AB  2119, Flora), which requires medical foster homes authorized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) to be licensed as state medical foster homes for veterans by CCL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - As part of early action trailer bill legislation (Chapter  6 of 2023 [AB  112, Committee on Budget]), the Legislature created the Distressed Hospital Loan Program. The program provides interest-free loans to public and private nonprofit hospitals experiencing financial distress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: May 2023 [EconTax Blog]

May 23, 2023 - AB 195 established a “baseline ” level of annual funding for these programs and included some mechanisms intended to maintain funding at the baseline. Most notably, AB 195 appropriated $150 million General Fund to backfill funding shortfalls if cannabis revenues came in lower than expected in 2022-23 or 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/776

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - State law allows CPUC to collect up to $150  million in surcharge revenues each year until December  31, 2032. Projects that intend to serve unserved households (that is, those without access to broadband as defined by the FCC) are eligible for CASF program account grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867