New Mandates: Analysis of Measures Requiring Reimbursement

Chapter  784, Statutes of 1995 (SB  866, Craven), requires counties that invest surplus funds to establish a County Treasury Oversight Committee to review and monitor the investment policies of the county treasurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/state_mandates/state_mandates_1203.html

Supplemental Report 2002-03

https://lao.ca.gov/2003/supp_report/supp_rpt_2003_budget_act.html

^[PDF] 2004-05: Overview of the Governor’s Budget

The Governor proposes an approach that relies on substantial spending cuts; a large shift of property taxes from local governments; as well as additional borrowing, deferrals, and fund shifts. Also, while raising certain fees, the proposal avoids new taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/budget_overview/130104_budget_overview.pdf

^[PDF] Cal Facts 2004: State Budget

The remaining roughly one-quarter ($5.1 billion) of state operations supports a wide range of programs, including various health-related departments and programs and the tax-related agencies. State Operations Spending In Billions Department of Corrections $5.6 Debt Service 3.1 University of California 2.7 California State University 2.4 All Other 5.1 State Operations STATE BUDGET
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cal_facts/cal_facts_state%20budget_2004.pdf

Assessing California's Charter Schools

These charter-granting authorizers consist of the SBE, 23 county school boards, and 234 school district boards. School district boards have authorized the vast majority of charter schools (87  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/charter_schools/012004_charter_schools.htm

A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws

The counties selected were a stratified sample representing a mix of small, medium, and large counties. Of the 20  counties from which we requested information, 15 provided us with data to complete this report.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/compulsory_ed/020304_Compulsory_Education_Laws.htm

^[PDF] A Review of California’s Compulsory Education Laws

Counties Seek Prosecution at Different Rates. Of the 20 counties our office contact- ed, the district attorneys in 13 counties provided us with information on the number of prosecutions they had made in each of the last two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/compulsory_ed/020304_Compulsory_Education_Laws.pdf

An Initial Assessment of the California Performance Review: Overview and Reorganization

These include the elimination of boards and commissions, the consolidation of county offices of education into regional bodies, the elimination of the community colleges' Board of Governors, and a new structure for overseeing the state's use of information technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cpr/082704_cpr_review_ov.htm

An Initial Assessment of the California Performance Review: Section 3, Key Proposals

However, we question the reasonableness of attributing to CPR the fiscal effect of a statutory change in federal tax policy. One of the CPR's funding recommendations is a ballot measure to protect the transfer of gasoline sales tax revenue to transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cpr/082704_cpr_review_s3.htm

^[PDF] The 2004-05 Budget Bill, SB 1113, as Amended

Includes new revenues from higher education fees, a two-year suspension of the teachers’ tax credit, tax amnesty, and a two- year rule change related to the use tax on out-of-state purchases of certain items such as yachts and airplanes.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/floor_packet/072804_Floor_sb1113.pdf