Small management yards

Mar 28, 2012 - Moreover, the new policies would also allow qualifying inmates to spend their exercise time wit h other inmates beginning in the last six months of their fourth year of a SHU term. All of these factors could reduce the number of SMYs needed for SHU inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/575

A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California [Publication Details]

Mar 22, 2012 - A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California [Publication Details] A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California Format: HTML Description: Reductions to school district budgets over the past five years have resulted in a sharp decline in the teacher workforce, with the number of full–time teachers decreasing by 32,000 since 2007–08.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2602

The 2012-13 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services Budget Update [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2012 - The first alternative is to consider extending a 3.6 percent across-the-board reduction in service hours that is set to expire at the end of the current year. The second alternative is to consider reenacting a reduction in state participation in provider wages to a level, determined by a study, that does not impact recipient access to services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2600

Project initiation documents (PIDs).

Mar 15, 2012 - This reflects an increase of $11 million (33 percent), and 67 positions (25 percent) from the levels provided to the department in 2011-12. According to the department, it will develop or oversee PIDs for 31 STIP projects and PIDs for 382 SHOPP projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/572

IHSS Budget Update

Mar 13, 2012 - The department indicates that this M OE requires that the state ’s spending on IHSS and other home-and community-based waivers cannot be less in the first year of implementation than in the previous year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/570

Oversight of centers

Mar 12, 2012 - This would mean CDE would have at least three years of data to report on the program prior to  its sunset date. The department indicates that it could require additional staff resources to resume such  program monitoring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/564

Eliminating non-Proposition 98 funding for select education programs

Mar 12, 2012 - The Governor proposes to eliminate all non-Proposition 98 General Fund support for these programs, for savings of $514,000 in the budget year. Given the state ’s fiscal condition, we recommend the Legislature adopt the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/563

Program elimination

Mar 9, 2012 - The state spends $15 million annually in Proposition 98 funds to provide three cohorts of LEAs a total of about $5 million each year for three years. (A new cohort of about 50 LEAs is funded each year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/568

Proposal for 18 Positions in Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources

Mar 9, 2012 - Of the 35 positions added in the past two years, 13 positions remain vacant, inclu ding 10 engineer positions. It is unclear that new positions are necessary when this many newly established positions remain vacant.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/569

Funding to upgrade Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) radio system

Mar 7, 2012 - Based on cost estimates provided by the ABC, we recommend reducing the request by $122,000 for the purchase of 25 fewer radios of each type. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656 | information [at] lao.ca.gov
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/538