2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Revenues [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2009 - We also identify two targeted rate increases—increasing the vehicle license fee (VLF) to 1 percent and a three-year temporary PIT surcharge—that, combined, would raise $3.4 billion in 2009‑10 and $3.5 billion in 2010‑11.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1923

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Health [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2009 - 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Health [Publication Details] 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Health Format: HTML Description: The Governor's budget for 2008‑09 proposes to hold General Fund spending on health programs virtually flat compared to the current-year spending level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1925

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Transportation [Publication Details]

Feb 3, 2009 - This is a net decrease of $3 billion, or about 16 percent, below the estimated current-year expenditure level. In this report we examine ways the Legislature can reduce the impact of the Governor’s transportation funding proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1922

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Proposition 98 Education Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 3, 2009 - 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Proposition 98 Education Programs [Publication Details] 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Proposition 98 Education Programs Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget reflects major reductions to school spending in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1920

Improving Academic Success For Economically Disadvantaged Students [Publication Details]

Jan 6, 2009 - California’s economically disadvantaged (ED) students are failing to meet federal and state academic standards and generally perform below their non-economically disadvantaged peers. This trend appears in all grade levels, with nearly two-thirds of second grade ED students and nearly three-fourths of eighth grade ED students performing at low levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1905

Summary of ARB Responses to LAO's Questions on the AB 32 Scoping Plan [Publication Details]

Dec 16, 2008 - After reviewing both (1) the response of the ARB (dated November 26, 2008) to the questions we asked about the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on October 3 of this year and (2) ARB’s response to the peer review of the scoping plan, our office continues to conclude that ARB's economic analysis of the AB 32 scoping plan lacks a sensitivity analysis and fails to lay out an investment pathway for the scoping plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1903

Advancing Transportation Projects To Stimulate the Economy: An Alternative Approach [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2008 - These projects would be ready for construction in 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11, but are not scheduled for construction until later years, due to limited funding. Our bond proposal would require voter approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1900

LAO Recommended Legislation [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 2008 - This report summarizes various changes to law that we have recommended in recent years. Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1897

State Budget Update, Provided to the California Association of School Business Officials [Publication Details]

Nov 21, 2008 - State Budget Update, Provided to the California Association of School Business Officials [Publication Details] Description: Powerpoint presentation to the California Association of School Business Officials which examines the LAO's Fiscal Forecast, An Overview of the Governor's (November) K-12 Special Session Proposals and an LAO Assessment of the proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1898

California's Fiscal Outlook: LAO Projections 2008-09 Through 2013-14 [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2008 - Combined with rising state expenses, we project that the state will need $27.8 billion in budget solutions over the 2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years. The state’s revenue collapse is so dramatic and the underlying economic factors are so weak that we forecast huge budget shortfalls through 2013-14 absent corrective action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1895