School District Budgets: Fiscal Oversight and Related Issues [Publication Details]

Aug 17, 2011 - School District Budgets: Fiscal Oversight and Related Issues [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/2507

A Status Report: Reducing Prison Overcrowding in California [Publication Details]

Aug 5, 2011 - Our analysis, however, indicates that the realignment plan alone is unlikely to reduce overcrowding sufficiently within the two–year deadline set by the court. This indicates to us that, as the U.S. Supreme Court suggested, a somewhat longer timeframe is warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2504

Governor's plan brings budget much closer to balance

May 25, 2011 - In our forecast model, this year, we have attempted to model the General Fund  effects of the Governor 's realignment proposal. There are many uncertainties concerning exactly how realignment would be implemented, and these also  could affect forecasting outcomes in any given year by considerable amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/446

Request for $1.9 billion in transportation special funds to pay for capital outlay support (COS)

May 24, 2011 - As described earlier, this would keep the level of resources requested relatively flat in the budget year. However, Caltrans ’ most recent five-year estimate of its COS workload shows that Caltrans expects workload to decline slowly in the budget year and each of the four years after that.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/442

Request for $63 million to replace vehicles to comply with air quality regulations

May 24, 2011 - This request is part of a multi-year plan to retrofit and repl ace vehicles and equipment in Caltrans fleet in order to comply with ARB rules. However, at the same time, the administration is currently reviewing the state ’s fleet as required by a  recently issued executive order to determine if there are vehicles that not needed or are being underutilized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/295

Governor’s May Revision proposals

May 23, 2011 - The Governor ’s revised budget continues to move the project ahead as planned, meaning the Legislature will likely be asked to appropriate several billions of state bond funds and federal funds next year in the 2012-13 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/440

Request for $748,000 to fund positions to work on implementing federal health insurance reform

May 23, 2011 - The Legislature approved all of the 71 requested positions in budget actions earlier this year. However, it made a modification to the request for the 17 positions to implement hea lth insurance reform and approved these on a limited-term basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/424

Proposed Los Angeles Welfare Automation Suspension

May 23, 2011 - Additionally, there is a request for limited fundin g in the budget year to plan for alternative solutions when the current LEADER maintenance and operations contract ends and for closeout costs for the LRS project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/436

Transfer Healthy Families Program to Department of Health Care Services

May 22, 2011 - According to the administration, the net partial-year statewide impact of this proposal is a General Fund savings of $31.2 million in 2011-12 with ongoing full-year savings of $7 5 million in the following years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/434

Safety and Security in State Hospitals

May 22, 2011 - We recommend that the Legislature approve the 78.0 positions but  reduce funding by $1.1 million General Fund (25 percent salary savings rate)  to more accurately  reflect  the rate at which the positions are likely to be filled in the budget year.    
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/433