July 2016 Volume 36 No. 13 Program Details from the Budget Trailer Bills (Part 1 of 4) Top Legislative Issues for 2016—July 1, 2016 Initiative to Extend Proposition 30 Qualifies for November Ballot Governor Signs 2016-17 State Budget “Public Employee Orientation” Bill Introduced Legislature’s Budget Includes Funding to Improve College Readiness Ask SSC . . . What Is the Current Status of the Effort to Extend the Income Tax Provisions of Proposition 30? More on Minimum Wage and Exempt Employees May Revenues Track Revised Forecast Reserve Cap Reform is Alive Again
June 2016 Volume 36 No. 12 Top Legislative Issues for 2016—June 17, 2016 By the Way . . . Governor Reappoints Bielanski to Board of Governors 2016-17 State Budget Approved 2016-17 State Budget Approved CalPERS Pension and Health Benefits Committee Approves Health Benefit Plan Premiums UCLA Lead Economists Forecast Continued Economic Prosperity Conference Committee Adopts Budget Compromise Local Voters Once Again Overwhelmingly Support K-14 Bonds Ask SSC . . . What Are the Typical Reasons Tentative Agreements Are Not Ratified?
June 2016 Volume 36 No. 11 Ask SSC . . . What's the Likelihood of More Money in the Enacted State Budget? Top Legislative Issues for 2016—June 3, 2016 2016-17 Budget Conference Committee Begins Legislative Update—Suspense File Latest Poll Shows Support for Extending Proposition 30 Budget Committees Complete Action on 2016-17 State Budget LAO Releases a Multiyear Outlook of the State Budget