The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - (Historically, the restoration was statutorily tied to the existence of the managed care organization [MCO] tax. The MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19. Even though the administration is continuing the 7  p ercent restoration for 2020 ‑21, the statutory language linking the restoration to the MCO tax remains.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recently, corporation tax collections have grown faster than anticipated while personal income tax collections have grown somewhat slower. The administration assumes that this pattern will continue. This is because they attribute the pattern to partnerships, which are taxed under the personal income tax, changing to corporations in response to 2017 federal tax changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - Finally, the 2019 ‑20 spending plan reappropriates the unspent $5  million in General Fund provided to the Council in 2018 ‑19 to the Commission and makes the funding available for expenditure through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services [Publication Details]

Oct 17, 2019 - The spending plan also reflects the deposit of $700 million into a safety net reserve (bringing its balance to $900 million) that can be used for future CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal expenditures. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4104

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In some cases, agencies or departments are not authorized to make expenditures on the development and implementation of a project until 30 calendar days after written notification of the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - While expenditures on nonstaff items may be appropriate in some cases —and could lead to improved collections —there is no formal way for the Legislature to track how LCSAs spent the increased funding and whether those expenses had any impact on performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Earned Income Tax Credit. A state and federal income tax credit for low ‑income working families and individuals, which reduces the tax amount owed by the tax ‑filer and, in some cases, may provide eligible filers with a refundable income amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Proposal for a New Office of Digital Innovation

Mar 22, 2019 - Largest Expenditure is One-Time Appropriation for “Innovation Fund ” in 2019 ‑20. The proposal includes a one-time appropriation of $20  million General Fund to create an Innovation Fund that would primarily fund various efforts that ODI identifies as necessary to improve departmental business processes and service delivery models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Today, counties receive about $6. 5  b illion (over $ 3  b illion from sales tax, $ 2  b illion from VLF, and about $ 1  b illion transferred from another realignment for mental health) through 1991 r ealignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954