Career Technical Education [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Our review raises significant questions about the state’s approach to implementing the program and the proposed $52 million budget-year expenditure plan. We think the Legislature could strengthen local implementation of the program by using these funds to establish a seven-year grant program to improve CTE at the county or regional level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1616

Juvenile Population Shift Warranted But Construction Funding Not Justified [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - The Governor's budget proposes to shift some juvenile offenders from the state to the local level and enact a new state grant program to build county juvenile facilities. We find the juvenile institutional population shift proposed by the administration to be fundamentally sound policy, in part because the juvenile system is a generally a local responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1581

Governor's Prison Overcrowding Package Is More Balanced But Too Big [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Governor's Prison Overcrowding Package Is More Balanced But Too Big [Publication Details] Governor's Prison Overcrowding Package Is More Balanced But Too Big Format: HTML Description: The Governor requests a total of $9.6 billion for a 14-part package of proposals designed primarily to address overcrowding in state prisons and county jails.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1582

Narrowing the Tax Gap [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Narrowing the Tax Gap [Publication Details] HTML Description: There is a substantial difference between the amount of taxes that are statutorily owed to the state versus the taxes that are actually remitted by taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1595

Allocating Local Sales Taxes: Issues and Options [Publication Details]

Jan 24, 2007 - Allocating Local Sales Taxes: Issues and Options [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1540

A Report on Tax Agency Information and Data Exchange [Publication Details]

Jan 22, 2007 - A Report on Tax Agency Information and Data Exchange [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1539

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority: Assessing Governmental Accountability [Publication Details]

Nov 17, 2006 - San Diego County Regional Airport Authority: Assessing Governmental Accountability [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1525

Overview of Proposition 86: Tax on Cigarettes [Publication Details]

Oct 3, 2006 - Overview of Proposition 86: Tax on Cigarettes [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1521

Strategies for Improving Child Support Collections In California [Publication Details]

May 3, 2006 - Despite reform attempts, California continues to lag the nation in the collection of child support and in its performance on federal outcome measures. We recommend creating a performance-based system which gives counties the flexibility and financial incentives to meet state-established performance benchmarks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1484

California’s Taxation of Vessels, Vehicles, and Aircraft: Out-of-State Purchases [Publication Details]

May 2, 2006 - We find that (1) the law change has resulted in a sharp reduction in out-of-state usage exemptions and an increase in sales and use tax revenues, and (2) the negative economic impacts arising from the measure do not appear to be particularly large.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1481