Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 In 1988, Proposition 98 set minimum state spending requirements for K–12 education; the state must spend roughly 40 percent of General Fund revenues in its ...
blog post Video: Seizing the Drought By Sarah Bardeen Nov 22, 2021 Nov 22, 2021 ... The best solution, she said, is to reform Proposition 218 to give water agencies more flexibility to promote low-income water rate ...
Report Targeted K–12 Funding and Student Outcomes By Julien Lafortune Oct 6, 2021 The state's role in school funding subsequently grew: Proposition 13 (1978) imposed limits on property taxes, and state-funded “categorical” programs ...
Report Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ... Sep 15, 2021 (27) Publicly owned water utilities in California face an additional constraint: Proposition 218, which restricts water-related fees to the costs of ...
Fact Sheet Paying for California’s Water System By Caitrin Chappelle, Ellen Hanak, Annabelle Rosser May 26, 2021 New local fees and taxes could fill funding gaps for some fiscal orphans, but the details are important. Propositions 218 and 26 impose strict cost-recovery ...
Fact Sheet Water Affordability in California By Caitrin Chappelle, Ellen Hanak May 26, 2021 In contrast, public agencies have been constrained since the 1996 passage of Proposition 218—a constitutional amendment that requires a tight connection ...
blog post Addressing Water Affordability in Urban California By Caitrin Chappelle Nov 30, 2020 Nov 30, 2020 ... Given Prop. 218 restrictions on local rate structures, it could be helpful to have another source of funding to fill the affordability gap. I'm ...
Report California’s Water: Paying for Water By Ellen Hanak, Dean Misczynski, Jay Lund, Brian Gray ... Nov 12, 2018 Sustainable solutions by state and local leaders are needed to close serious funding gaps in a number of critical areas of water management—including floods ...
blog post New Laws Ease Funding and Improve Accounting for Water By Henry McCann, Caitrin Chappelle Oct 18, 2017 Oct 18, 2017 ... Here's a summary of newly signed bills: Stormwater: SB 231 gives the courts guidance on how to interpret Proposition 218, which requires that a ...
blog post Ruling Muddies Waters on Clean Water Act By Brian Gray Sep 19, 2016 Sep 19, 2016 ... Constitutional reforms enacted by California voters in 1978 (Proposition 13) and 1996 (Proposition 218) place significant constraints on the ...