California’s Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Apr 15, 2007 - Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials in San Jose, California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1652

Baldwin Hills Conservancy: Meeting Objectives; More Work to Be Done [Publication Details]

Mar 27, 2007 - We recommend extending the conservancy’s sunset date by five years, preceded by a sunset review of its performance and its relevance at this later time to the state’s overall conservation goals. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1641

Improving the Mandate Process [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2007 - Presented to School Finance Working Group
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1636

Perspectives on State Revenues 2007-08 [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Following two years of major increases, it appears that revenue growth is slowing sharply in 2006-07, reflecting the impacts of a more moderate economic expansion and a dip in income from capital gains. The budget assumes that revenue growth will revive somewhat in 2007-08, led by an improving economy beginning later this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1557

Continued Help America Vote Act Implementation [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - The administration proposes $10.7 million in spending in 2007-08 for the continued implementation of federal election reform. We recommend that the Secretary of State provide an update on source code review since no funds have been spent this year. In addition, we recommend a reduction in the administrative budget to reflect the reduced activities in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1572

Appropriating Proposition 1B Funds [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Proposition 1B authorizes about $20 billion in bond funds for transportation. The measure allocates specific amounts of bond funding for particular transportation uses, and requires that the funding be subject to legislative appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1576

Resources Bonds [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - The state would spend substantially higher bond amounts than in the current year, particularly for flood management. To ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the new bonds, we recommend that the Legislature set funding priorities to guide new programs created by the bonds; establish appropriate cost-sharing arrangements; ensure related programs are coordinated; and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1586

Narrowing the Tax Gap [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - We recommend that the Legislature redirect some of the proposed budget-year spending on tax gap enforcement activities in order to increase their payoff in terms of General Fund revenues." Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1595

Proposition 98 Roadmap [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Proposition 98 Roadmap [Publication Details] HTML Description: Our five-year forecast shows Proposition 98 funding is to increase much more than needed to cover baseline costs. Thus, we think this is an opportune time to develop a long-term roadmap for K-14 education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1615

Home-to-School Transportation [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - Home-to-School Transportation [Publication Details] HTML Description: We have serious legal and policy concerns with the Governor’s transportation and Proposition 98 rebenching proposals. Specifically, we are concerned the proposal is unconstitutional and sets bad policy precedent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1619