General Fund Savings Opportunities in State Parks

May 18, 2010 - This reduced funding level —$8 million below the current-year funding level —will likely result in additional seasonal closures and further reduced services at state parks (such as trash collection and cleaning).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/224

Elimination of asthma programs.

May 18, 2010 - Approximately 150,000 emergency department (ED) visits and 36,000 hospital discharges were attributed to asthma in California in that year. Rates of asthma-related   ED visits, hospitalizations, and mortality are significantly higher among minorities and low-income communities.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/226

Overview of the 2010-11 May Revision [Publication Details]

May 18, 2010 - The report also describes the Legislature's options in deciding how much education spending the state can afford in this difficult budget year, when elected leaders also need to focus on longer-term policy changes that will better prepare California to cope with future economic downturns. ( Video of press conference ) Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2278

Immediate Implementation of the 2010 Water Bond

May 18, 2010 - Require the administration to return in January with a complete multi-year bond expenditure implementation plan and detailed program expenditure criteria. Further Detail Governor 's Proposal . The Governor ’s budget proposes $1.1 billion in the budget year (and $697 million in 2011-12) for programs in various departments (including the Department of Water
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/225

January Budget Proposal for 3 Positions at Public Utilities Commission to Support Procurement of Advanced Energy Storage (AES).

May 18, 2010 - We therefore recommend denying CPUC’s budget request for AES activity in the budget year. Further Detail Governor 's January Budget Request.   The Governor 's 2010-11 budget has requested $310,000 from the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account   and three positions for the commission  to evaluate the cost-effective use of advanced energy storage (AES) as an electricity resource.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/229

May Revision Proposal to Appropriate Funds From 2010 Water Bond for Immediate Implementation

May 17, 2010 - This amount represents the state ’s share of a multi-agency cost-sharing program with the federal government to match 25 percent of the cost of the project (the state 's cost-share). The project is currently under construction, with the majority of funding provided through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) federal commitment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/219

Proposed $200 million of General Fund savings due to federal health care reform's temporary early retiree reinsurance program.

May 14, 2010 - The calendar-year  2011 health plan rates for CalPERS --expected to be  finalized in June-- drive expenses in  Items 9650 and 9800 of the budget. Accordingly, each of these items should be sent to conference committee  so that the Legislature can have the opportunity to incorporate  the actual 2011 health plan rates into its budget calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/214

Issuance of GARVEE bonds

May 11, 2010 - Specifically, Caltrans indicates that it has realized about $600 million in savings in the current year for the SHOPP program.  These savings  will be available to fund additional projects in 2010-11.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/211

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Recipient Fingerprinting

May 10, 2010 - This document estimates that costs for the  system changes would be about $42 million  ($22 million General Fund) over  eight years. The administration is currently in the process of implementing the recipient fingerprint  requirement through a pilot project in five counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/209

In order to meet an April 2011 statutory deadline, the Employment Development Department proposes an interim parallel database solution for implementing an alternate base period.

May 10, 2010 - This would still give EDD a full year to complete ABP implementation before the federally imposed deadline of September 2012. Further Detail Employment Development Department 's Statutory Deadline Chapter 23, Statutes of 2009 (ABX3 29, Coto) directed the Employment Development Department (EDD) to implement an alternative base period (ABP) for individuals filing unemploymen t insurance (UI) claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/210