Multiyear forecast of state finances under Governor's May Revision proposals

May 21, 2014 - Specifically, the required BSA deposits under our forecast total $2.4 billion in 2015-16, $1.7 billion in 2016-17, and $1.5 billion in 2017-18, compared to around $1 billion per year in the administration's forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/813

Trial Court Operations Funding

May 20, 2014 - Trial courts have differed in the operational choices they have made over the past few years to address their ongoing reductions and increased costs. As such, some trial courts may have been better at controlling their benefit cost increases than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/811

Proposed pilot unlikely to provide reliable results

May 19, 2014 - Instead, counties pay the schools ’ share of costs as well as their own. Statewide, counties pay about two –thirds of the cost to administer the tax while receiving less than one –third of the revenues they collect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/810

Governor's proposal for pharmacy benefits in Medi-Cal managed care

May 18, 2014 - The administration ’s estimates of budget-year and ongoing savings are based on past state rebate collections from drugs provided through COHS plans. There are currently no requirements for COHS plan s to cover single-source drugs without PA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/809

The 2014-15 Budget: Overview of the May Revision [Publication Details]

May 16, 2014 - The package continues to build reserves and pay down debts, including a new proposal to fund the teachers' pension system over about 30 years. Our May revenue forecast projects $2.5 billion higher revenues compared with that of the administration—not substantially different given the size of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3017

Proposal to pay down state mandates backlog

May 15, 2014 - Proposition 4 (1979) requires the state to reimburse local governments (cities, counties, special districts, schools, and community colleges) for new programs or services that the state requires them to provide (known as “state mandates ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/807

The 2014-15 Budget: Capital Outlay Support Program Review [Publication Details]

May 14, 2014 - While we find that Caltrans has made minor improvements to the COS program in recent years, the program generally lacks accountability and is not operating efficiently. Specifically, we find that the COS program currently (1) lacks performance data to adequately measure program effectiveness, (2) is experiencing a substantial decline in workload that will result in significant overstaffing starting in 2014-15, and (3) allows for limited legislative and external oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3015

Existing state tuberculosis (TB) control funding should be used to address TB control mandate.

May 12, 2014 - Suspending the TB control mandate would allow the state to defer payment of prior year mandate reimbursement claims, resulting in General Fund savings of $173,720 in 2014-15. LAO Analysis Mandated Activities Likely Reduce TB Infection Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/806

Updates concerning April 2014 California tax collections.

May 11, 2014 - Note that under the state 's complex revenue accrual policies, some  current year  revenue  collections or refunds  can be expected to be "accrued " (attributed) to prior fiscal years. April 2014  PIT Collections Net FTB PIT Collections: $7.572 billion. $10.41 billion of gross collections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/803

Review of School Transportation in California [Publication Details]

May 8, 2014 - Review of School Transportation in California [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/3013