The 2015-2016 May Revision: Review of Changes to Labor Contracts

For example, the administration and unions may agree to an expedited layoff process to ensure that affected departments reduce operational costs to a certain level before the end of the fiscal year. The legislative calendar and process can impede the administration ’s ability to implement time –sensitive addenda quickly.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/labor-contracts/labor-contracts-051515.aspx

Seventh Annual Analysis Quiz

Santa Ana’s school district has 50 percent more students who are targeted for Economic Impact Aid than does Oakland’s. As a result of a 25-year-old funding mechanism, how do th e two school districts compare in terms of the amount of aid they will actually receive under the program?
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/quiz/040188_wo_answers.htm

Felony sentencing (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 2, 2015 - After third strikers have served the minimum number of years required by their sentence, a BPH panel conducts a parole consideration hearing to consider their pos sible release. For example, BPH would conduct such a hearing for a third striker sentenced to 25-years-to-life after the third striker served 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-084

^[PDF] It took its most recent related action in the 2015-16 budget,

It took its most recent related action in the 2015-16 budget, earmarking up to $1 million for the campus to plan for the development of a medical school. Merced Campus Has Been Steadily Growing. Over the last ten years, UC Merced has received a steady increase in applicants, and every year more admitted applicants enroll at the campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3349/merced-campus-expansion-020816.pdf

November 2016 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Dec 2, 2016 - It is,  however,  possible that they reflect operational changes at the Franchise Tax Board and, if so, CT refunds may revert to levels that are more typical in the next calendar year. So far this fiscal year, CT refunds are running 40 percent higher than administration projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/219

Overview of Special Education Funding Models [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 2021 - This brief provides background on the state’s current funding allocation formula for special education, describes funding formulas used in other states, establishes a framework for evaluating these formulas, and offers some issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4486

^[PDF] Open Meeting Act Mandate

Furutani, Chair Open Meeting Act Mandate L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E May 25, 2010 1L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E May 25, 2010  Background  Core Provisions of Act Are Not Mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Econ/2010/Open_Meeting_Assembly_5_25_10.pdf

^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

After SB 639 was enacted, the 2022-23 spending plan allocated $8.4 million ($5.1 million General Fund) one-time available over three years for DDS to establish a service model focused on individuals transitioning out of subminimum wage or recently graduating from high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/5008/DDS-030525.pdf

The Stock Market Downturn and California's Finances [EconTax Blog]

Aug 24, 2015 - (Nearly all of any 2014-15 revenue gain is expected to be spent on schools , pursuant to Proposition 98.) The 2014-15 agency cash collection figures do not yet reflect various accrual changes and adjustments that will become evident over the next three years as books close on that fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/124

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Governor's Vocational Education Reform

Perhaps because high school vocational program s have low returns, high school students see college as virtually the only road to success. Surveys show that 56  percent of California's tenth graders want to attend a four-year university and 22  percent plan on attending a two-year college after graduating from high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_03_CC_Governors_VocEd_Reform_anl05.htm