The 2014-15 Budget: Transportation Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2014 - This is a decline of $560 million, or 3.2 percent, below estimated expenditures for the current year. In this report, we review the Governor’s 2014-15 budget proposals for various transportation departments and programs, including the California Department of Transportation, the California High-Speed Rail Authority, the California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2966

Review of School Transportation in California [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 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/2964

The 2014-15 Budget: State Worker Salary, Health Benefit, and Pension Costs [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2014 - The 2014-15 Budget: State Worker Salary, Health Benefit, and Pension Costs [Publication Details] Video Description: The Governor's budget proposes $24 billion to pay salary and benefit costs for state workers in 2014-15, up from an estimated $23.5 billion in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2958

Pilot to determine value of stronger auditing effort by OIS to validate IT security compliance.

Mar 3, 2014 - Departments that have critical lead or supporting role in the State Emergency Plan ’s emergency functions who have not performed a security risk assessment —self-certification —in the last two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/796

Staffing levels of Fire Prevention Fee Program

Mar 3, 2014 - These positions expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Proposal For 2014-15, the administration proposes to make permanent all 54 existing limited-term positions and add 9 new two-year limited term positions and 9.7 one-year temporary positions , for a total cost of $7.3 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/795

Recommend new interest calculation for future special fund loans

Feb 28, 2014 - On average, a loan issued in 2008-09 would therefore earn nearly six times as much interest each year as if that loan were issued in 2011-12. Considering that the average PMIA rate in December 2013 was 0.3 percent, loans issued in years in which PMIA rates were much higher, in our view, result in requirements for the General Fund to pay unreasonably high levels of interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/784

Analysis of Education Mandates [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2014 - In recent years, the state has tried to simplify this process by creating two alternative reimbursement structures. The reasonable reimbursement methodology (RRM) provides reimbursement for a particular mandate using a formula developed in a quasi-judicial forum.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2956

Review of School Transportation in California [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2014 - Review of School Transportation in California [Publication Details] Review of School Transportation in California Format: HTML Description: In 2013-14, the Legislature undertook a major restructuring of school finance but retained the state’s Home-to-School Transportation (HTST) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2955

Regulation of accelerated death benefits

Feb 24, 2014 - Approving these pos itions on a limited-term basis would allow the Legislature to reexamine CDI ’s need for these 3 positions, or a smaller or greater number, on a permanent basis in several years once an actual caseload history has been established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/794

Reduce funding proposed for coordination with Office of Patient Advocate

Feb 24, 2014 - The numbers of telephone calls and complain ts handled by the consumer services division have remained relatively constant over the past several years. However, CDI reports that it is spending significantly more time handlin g complaints than it did several years ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/791