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Reinventing the State Civil Service

March 1, 1995 - Reinventing the State Civil Service

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The Governor's Tax Proposal

February 22, 1995 - The Governor's Tax Proposal

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The Governor's 1995-96 State-County Realignment Proposal

February 22, 1995 - The Governor's 1995-96 State-County Realignment Proposal

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State Fiscal Condition/State Finances 1995-96

February 22, 1995 - Text only

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Reinventing the State Civil Service

February 22, 1995 - Reinventing the State Civil Service

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Perspectives on State Expenditures 1995-96

February 22, 1995 - Text only

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Perspectives on the Economy 1995-96

February 22, 1995 - Text only

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Perspectives on State Revenues 1995-96

February 22, 1995 - Text only

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Options for Balancing the 1995-96 Budget

February 22, 1995 - Options for Balancing the 1995-96 Budget

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Trial Court Fundings Issues

April 1, 1994 - The Trial Court Realignment and Efficiency Act of 1991 modified the Trial Court Funidng Program and significantly changed the state-local funding relationship for support of the trial courts. The Governor's Budget proposes to significantly increase state support and fund trial court operations so that state expenditures are dsiplayed by function instead of by block grant amounts. We identify a number of issues with the Governor's proposal.

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State Fiscal Picture 1994-95

February 23, 1994 - The 1994-95 Governor's Budget recognizes that the two-year budget plan adopted last June has been undermined by the continuing stubborn state recession. Faced with an $8 billion budget funding gap for 1993-94, the Legislature and Governor adopted a two-year plan to achieve a balanced budget in 1994-95. That plan now is $4.9 billion out of balance based on the state's current revenue and spending trends identified in the 1994-95 Governor's Budget. Perhaps the most important policy proposal in the budget is the Governor's plan for restructuring the state/county fiscal relationship, which is intended to give counties a significant cost share in the health and welfare programs that they administer in order to provide appropriate incentives to make those programs more efficient and effective.

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Restructuring the State-Local Relationship

February 23, 1994 - The 1994-95 Governor's Budget proposes a major restructuring of the fiscal relationship between the state and California's 58 county governments. This proposal would increase county governments' responsibilities for funding a variety of health and welfare programs, and transfer a corresponding amount of state resources to the counties. The Governor's proposal is similar in many respects to a restructuring proposal offered by this office last year. To assist the Legislature in pursuing its restructuring agenda, we outline the elements of the Governor's proposal, and evaluate its fiscal implications. We offer modifications to the proposal to correct the weaknesses we identify. Finally, we suggest that the Legislature needs to consider the state's restructuring needs within a long-term context.

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Restructuring Public School Finance

February 23, 1994 - We suggest an approach to K-12 education funding that would increase local control over the level of general-purpose education revenues and local accountability for outcomes, without compromising the state's fundamental interest in ensuring an adequate education for all.

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Perspectives on the Economy 1994-95

February 23, 1994 - Much of the blame for the state's continuing budget shortfalls over the past three years can be placed on the dismal performance of the California economy. The substantial population increases of recent years have maintained constant upward pressure on demands for state services. At the same time, declining employment levels, lower real per capita incomes, and falling property values have limited the ability of the state's major revenue sources to meet these demands. Despite substantial gains in the national economy over the past year, economic activity in most regions of California continues to decline or stagnate.

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Perspectives on State Expenditures 1994-95

February 23, 1994 - The Governor's Budget proposes spending $52.5 billion from the General Fund and state special funds in 1994-95, as shown in Figure 1. This expenditure level is only slightly more than estimated current-year spending of $52.3 billion—an increase of $228 million, or 0.4 percent. General Fund spending shown in the budget declines by 1.4 percent, while spending from special funds increases by 6.1 percent. However, as we discuss in greater detail later in this part, this reflects a shift in how programs are financed rather than a change in program spending priorities or in underlying revenue trends. This shift in financing results from the Governor's state-county restructuring proposal.