Public Pension and Retiree Health Benefits: An Initial Response to the Governor's Proposal [Publication Details]

Nov 8, 2011 - Despite the proposal’s strengths, it leaves many questions unanswered, such as how his hybrid plan and retirement age proposals would work and how the state should cope with large unfunded liabilities already affecting the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the University of California Retirement Plan, and the health benefit program for state and California State University retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2537

California's Unemployment Insurance Program: Gaining Insight Through Comparison to Other States [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 2011 - As a result, by 2010 the UI funds in 32 states were insolvent, forcing those states to obtain loans from the federal government to continue payment of UI benefits. In this report, we conduct a comparative analysis of the UI programs in all 50 states and Washington D.C. to provide context for the Legislature in considering potential solutions to California's UI insolvency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2526

Completing the Goals of Trial Court Realignment [Publication Details]

Sep 28, 2011 - We believe that the Legislature should seek to eliminate these barriers and provide the state with greater control and responsibility over trial courts. We recommend that the state assume true operational control over many critical aspects of trial court operations for which it already has financial responsibility, such as trial court employee classifications and benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2523

Preliminary information on August income tax collections

Sep 2, 2011 - Only agency cash data — not “Controller ’s cash ” data —is used for state budgetary forecasting and reporting purposes. Agency cash differs from Controller ’s cash (which is reported in the Controller ’s monthly state cash flow statements ) based principally on the timing of receipts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/457

Summary of State Collective Bargaining Agreements [Publication Details]

Aug 31, 2011 - Summary of State Collective Bargaining Agreements [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/2512

A Ten-Year Perspective: California Infrastructure Spending [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2011 - Throughout the report, we also highlight ways the state could manage infrastructure to reduce state costs such as prioritizing the state’s infrastructure investments to the most critical and appropriate programs, adopting strategies to reduce infrastructure demand, and identifying additional revenue to support infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2509

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details] 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success Format: HTML Description: As part of the 2011-12 budget plan, the Legislature enacted a major shift—or “realignment”—of state program responsibilities and revenues to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

Additional Child Welfare Realignment Issues

Aug 18, 2011 - Prior State-County Sharing Ratios. The Legislature should clarify that funding provided to counties in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 is in lieu of General Fund. Some realigned children ’s programs have previously established state and county sharing ratios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/456

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

Aug 17, 2011 - Presented to Select Committee on State School Financial Takeovers
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2507

The Budget Package: 2011-12 California Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Aug 11, 2011 - While General Fund spending has dropped by around 6 percent from 2010–11, this has, in part, been offset by increases in special fund spending as the state shifts some programs—from state to local responsibility under what has been called "realignment"—from General Fund support to special fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2506