The 2011-12 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 12, 2011 - There is significant work ahead to fill in the details of some of the Governor's ambitious, complex proposals, particularly given his proposed accelerated timeline for budget deliberations and a June special election concerning extensions of tax increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2384

Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund Program [Publication Details]

Dec 16, 2010 - The report must also include information on the types of expenditures made by the law enforcement agencies of those counties. Our review found that, by 2009-10, 21 counties had reported data indicating their participation in the program at an annual statewide cost of about $10 million, with significant variation in expenditures from county to county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2379

Overview of the Governor’s December 2010 Special Session Proposals [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2010 - Under the proposal, the fuel tax revenues that would have helped the General Fund prior to Proposition 22 would now be available for transportation programs. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2376

Sale Leaseback of State Office Buildings [Publication Details]

Nov 9, 2010 - In a previous analysis, we pointed out that the sale-leaseback of state buildings authorized in 2009 legislation was poor fiscal policy and represented one imperfect option among many for balancing the state’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2366

Preliminary Analysis of the 2011-12 Budget Conference Committee Tax Swap Proposal [Publication Details]

Aug 12, 2010 - Preliminary Analysis of the 2011-12 Budget Conference Committee Tax Swap Proposal [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/2337

Conference Compromise - Reimbursement for Development of Local Pre-Programming Documents

Jun 8, 2010 - This proposal would not have a significant effect on rural counties because nearly all of the rural highway projects are included in the state ’s programs. The state would also continue to pay for all the projects in the counties that have passed local sales tax measures to fund transportation improvements as long as the projects are included in the measures ’ expenditure plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/258

Court Security Fee Increase

May 27, 2010 - Accordingly, county sher iffs have little incentive to contain costs of the security provided, and the courts have no recourse to ensure that they do. Total court security costs have increased from about $ 263 million in 1999-00 to about $520 million in 2008-09.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/255

Shift certain offenders from state prison to county jails.

May 27, 2010 - Under the Governor ’sproposal, offenders could be held in county jail for up to three years. How-ever, under current law, an offender may only be held in county jail for a maximum of one year. Thus, county jails are not generally designed to house offenders for longer than one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/254

Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Revenues Could Offset General Fund Support for Healthy Families Program (HFP)

May 26, 2010 - Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Revenues Could Offset General Fund Support for Healthy Families Program (HFP) 5/26/2010 Budget Issue: Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Revenues Could Offset General Fund Support for Healthy Families Program (HFP) Program: Healthy Families Program Finding or Recommendation: Reduce General Fund support for HFP by $11.0 million
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/253

Reconsidering the Optional Single Sales Factor [Publication Details]

May 26, 2010 - In this report, we examine the rationales for different approaches to apportionment and evidence from California and other states on how changes to apportionment laws affect both economic activity and tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2290