LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Employment Development Department (7100)

These deficits are projected to occur despite the use of the F+ tax schedule in 2004 and 2005. Tax Rate Schedules . During 2001 and 2002, tax rate schedule C was in effect, and the average tax rate was about 2.5  percent for California employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_19_7100_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)

In August 1999, an outbreak of Pierce's Disease, a bacteria that infects several plant species and can be particularly devastating to grape vines, was confirmed in the Temecula are a in southern Riverside County.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_21_8570_anl04.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Health & Social Services Chapter

The COHS model allows a county to establish a county- controlled health plan to arrange for the provision of medical services, utilization control, and claims administration for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/healthss_anl04.pdf

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Quality Improvement Fees

Ultimately, it is a policy call for the Legislature whether such a tax is an appropriate source of revenue to help support the Medi-Cal Program, or whether more general sources of revenue, such as the income or sales tax, are a more appropriate basis for providing financial support of health care for the poor.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_05_cc_qif_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Indigent Adult Program

We discuss the so-called "poison pill " provisions of realignment that could affect VLF revenues in our discussion of "Tax Relief " (Item 9100) provisions of the budget plan in the "General Government " chapter of this Analysis .
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_07_cc_IAP_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Aging

We would further note that this proposal stands in sharp contrast to the county block grant proposal discussed in the "Crosscutting Issues " section of this chapter. The proposed consolidation of aging programs does not involve income maintenance where devolution of such programs raises concerns about intercounty migr ation effects if counties establish varying grant levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_08_4170_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Medical Assistance Program

The COHS model operates in eight counties (Monterey, Napa, Orange, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Yolo). The COHS counties are different from the counties that operate the other two types of Medi-Cal managed care systems in that enrollment in a COHS plan is mandatory for nearly all the Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in that county.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_10_4260_cmap_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board

Background State Established Program for Counties to Access SCHIP Funds. Chapter  648, Statutes of 2001 (AB 495, Diaz), established the CHIM Fund program. Through this program counties would be able to access federal SCHIP matching funds to provide health coverage on a county-by-county basis to uninsured children living in families earning incomes between 250  percent and 300  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_12_4280_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Child Support Services

In addition, administrative responsibility at the local level shifted from county district attorneys to new separate county agencies. The local transition was completed in 2003. Potential for Improved Accountability Transferring the California Child Support Automation System from the Franchise Tax Board to the Department of Child Support Services would increase accountability for the project's success.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_15_5175_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Social Services CalWORKs Program

Because the administration's proposal gives counties flexibility in implementation of up-front job search, the extent to which counties would incur new costs will largely depend on the program design and requirements that each county establishes.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_16_5180_anl04.htm