Overview

• Spending by Major Program
• Shared Revenues
• Tax Relief
• Local Government Financing
• Regulatory Activities
• Tax Collection Programs
• State Administrative Functions
• State Retirement Programs
• Employee Compensation

Crosscutting Issues

• The Year 2000 ("Y2K") Computer Problem
• What Is the Y2K Problem?
• How Can the Problem Be Fixed?
• The State's Y2K Program
• What Will it Cost?
• Analyst's Assessment of the Administration's Program
• What Should the Legislature Do?

Departmental Issues

• Consumer Affairs (1110-1600)
• Smog Check Program
• Current Smog Check Program
• Vehicle Repair Assistance and Purchase Programs
• Enhanced Smog Check
• Current-Year Expenditure Controls
• Department of Motor Vehicle Fee Collections
• Call Center Augmentations Not Justified
• General Fund Call Center Augmentation
• Barbering and Cosmetology Workload
• Smog Check Augmentation
• Other Issues
• Barbering and Cosmetology Augmentations Unnecessary
• State Funding for Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Laboratory Upgrades Inappropriate
• Implementation Plan for Chapter 401, Statutes of 1997 Not Complete
• Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Program
• Department Should Report on Status of Year 2000 Modifications
• Fair Employment and Housing (1700)
• Management Improvements Required Before Consideration of Further Staffing Increases
• Alcoholic Beverage Control (2100)
• Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund Condition-- Longer Term Solution Warranted
• Request for Nondocumented Alien Workload Premature
• Department of Industrial Relations (8350)
• The Targeted Industries Partnership Program Should Not Be Funded From General Fund
• Joint Enforcement Strike Force Should Also Not Be Funded by General Fund
• Eliminate Managed Care Unit
• Reduce Requested Increase for Rent
• Wage Law Enforcement on Public Works Contracts
• Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)
• Food Safety Program Not Defined
• Domestic Parcels Inspection Program
• Agricultural Export Program Augmentation Not Necessary
• Marketing Campaign Not Necessary
• Laboratory Contract Cost Increase
• Fair Political Practices Commission (8620)
• Court Ruling on Proposition 208 Brings Spending Plan into Question
• Board of Equalization (0860)
• Request for Funding to Implement Legislation Is Premature
• The BOE Audit Programs
• Franchise Tax Board (1730)
• Augmentation for Workload Growth Not Justified
• Separate Preprinted Labels for Tax Returns
• Department Expects to Miss Critical Failure Date for Year 2000 Implementation
• Franchise Tax Board Tax Audit Program