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Publications

Local Government

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Handout

Realignment Options

June 24, 2010 - Presented to: Conference Committee on the Budget


Handout

Overview of California Local Government

June 17, 2010 - Presented to The Conference Committee on the Budget


Handout

Open Meeting Act Mandate

June 17, 2010 - Presented to The Conference Committee on the Budget


Handout

AB 3632 Program Funding

June 14, 2010 - Presented to The Conference Committee on the Budget


Handout

Open Meeting Act Mandate

May 25, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee # 4 on State Administration


Handout

AB 3632

May 25, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee


Handout

Open Meeting Act Mandate

May 19, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration, General Government, Judicial and Veterans Affairs


Report

Analysis of Newly Identified Mandates

May 3, 2010 - Semiannual report


Handout

Ten Events That Shaped California State-Local Fiscal Relations

December 16, 2009 - Presented to Senate and Assembly Select Committees on Improving State Government


Report

Analysis of Newly Identified Mandates

June 24, 2009 - Pusuant to Chapter 1124, Statutes of 2002 (AB 3000, Committee on Budget)


Handout

Non-Education Mandates

June 12, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


Handout

An Overview of Government Reorganizations

June 3, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


Other

Webcast: Achieving Better Outcomes for Adult Probation

May 29, 2009 - In this four-minute video, analyst Paul Golaszewski summarizes the LAO report Achieving Better Outcomes for Adult Probation.


Report

Achieving Better Outcomes for Adult Probation

May 29, 2009 - We conclude that opportunities exist to both improve public safety and reduce state costs by better aligning the county probation and state correctional systems. We recommend that the Legislature create a new program that would provide financial incentives for county probation departments to reduce their revocations to state prison. Even if the number of probation violators sent to state prison was reduced by as little as 10 percent, state corrections operating costs would be reduced by about $60 million annually when fully implemented.

(Short video summary)


Handout

May Revision Overview: Local Government

May 28, 2009 - Presented to the Budget Conference Committee