The 2016-17 Budget: Department Of Consumer Affairs

Feb 25, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $649  million from various funds for support of DCA in 2016-17, which is an increase of $10  million (1.6  percent) from the current-year estimated expenditures. The DCA is entirely supported by fees and other regulatory assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3371

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to retain the existing $25 filing fee —which generates about $90,000 annually —but to eliminate the charge on departments of up to 15  percent of approved claims. The administration indicates that it proposes retaining the $25 fee to discourage individuals from filing claims that are without merit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2016 - This is an increase of $19 million, or about 2 percent, from current-year estimated expenditures. In addition, we note that the Governor’s budget also includes a $1.5 billion state office building proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3362

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Housing that likely was considered “luxury ” when first built declined to the middle of the housing market within 25 years. . . . But Lack of New Construction Can Slow This Process. When new construction is abundant, middle –income households looking to upgrade the quality of their housing often move from older, more affordable housing to new housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - In our view, taking on long-term obligations—like the lease payments on these buildings—in exchange for one-time revenue to pay for current services is bad budgeting practice as it simply shifts costs to future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

Overview of the 2008-09 May Revision [Publication Details]

May 19, 2008 - Our plan includes a more responsible lottery securitization—resulting in a General Fund benefit of $5.6 billion over two years—with a dramatically reduced risk to education’s lottery funding. Finally, we offer some much simpler approaches to increasing the size of the state’s reserve in good fiscal times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1828

Continued Help America Vote Act Implementation [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - The administration proposes $10.7 million in spending in 2007-08 for the continued implementation of federal election reform. We recommend that the Secretary of State provide an update on source code review since no funds have been spent this year. In addition, we recommend a reduction in the administrative budget to reflect the reduced activities in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1572

Ensuring Access to Telecommunications Services [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - The California Public Utilities Commission administers several programs designed to subsidize telecommunications services in order to ensure universal access to these services. One of these is the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) program, which provides discounts to schools, libraries, public hospitals and clinics, and community-based organizations (CBOs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1445

Continuing Concerns With Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Implementation [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - Delays by SOS over the past year in implementing components of the state’s HAVA plan have impaired counties’ ability to acquire and install HAVA-compliant equipment for the upcoming June 2006 primary election.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1409

Delete Midyear Reduction Authority for More Honest Budgeting [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - The Governor’s budget assumes that proposed authority for the administration to reduce departmental budgets during the year will decrease overall state costs by $258 million. Since 2002-03, enacted budgets have included similar provisions. In reality, however, the full magnitude of these savings is rarely achieved. We recommend that the Legislature delete the proposed authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1410