The California State Bar: Considerations for a Fee Increase

Jun 26, 2019 - The board has a policy that the State Bar maintain a minimum reserve equaling at least 17  p ercent of its expenditures —this constitutes about two months ’ worth of expenditures. With most of the recent years ending with operating surpluses, the State Bar ’s reserves have grown in most years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4080

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Proposition  98 funding comes from the state General Fund and certain local property tax revenues. Most Proposition  98 funding is provided to community colleges through “apportionments, ” which is general ‑purpose funding used to pay for instruction and other core operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - For example, the Legislature could approve an expenditure plan that ranks programs in priority order. To the extent revenues are lower than expected, lower priority programs would be required to implement additional expenditure reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Criminal Justice Budget

Jan 27, 2017 - Expenditure Trends Total Spending Declined Between 2010-11 and 2012-13 . . . Over the past decade, total expenditures on judicial criminal justice programs has varied. As shown in Figure  1, criminal justice spending declined between 2010-11 and 2012-13, primarily due to two factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3539

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

Sep 26, 2022 - Excess Property Tax Offset. The budget includes a $128.4 million reduction in General Fund support for trial court operations in 2022-23 in order to reflect the availability of property tax revenue in accordance with Control Section 15.45 and Section 2578 of the Education Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - The Legislature will want to consider whether to authorize additional sanctions and/or continue or modify existing sanctions (such as wage garnishments, tax liens, or holds on drivers ’ licenses). For example, under current law, collection programs can only direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver ’s license of an offender who fails to pay once .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - Through Savings Plus, employees can open a 401(k) and/or a 457(b) account and can choose to make contributions on a pre-tax or post-tax basis to these accounts. Employees can then choose from a variety of investment options, including indexed and m anaged funds and target-date funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - Currently, STOP providers submit their expenditures for reimbursement to the regional STOP contractors who then bill CDCR. Instead, we recommend requiring these providers to submit their expenditures for reimbursement to county behavioral health departments who would then submit their expenditures to DHCS for either state or federal reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - For example, despite housing a fairly similar population, the per capita operational expenditures of the California Rehabil itation Center in Norco were $68,250 in 2019 ‑20 compared to $58,101 at CVSP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The amount collected above the LCFF allotment is known as excess property tax. Because the amount of property tax revenue collected can change from year to year, the amount of excess property tax also can change from year to year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4362