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One of these is the mortgage interest deduction, valued at about $5 billion yearly. This program is found to be an inefficient means of promoting home ownership, and options are offered for improving it, including capping the deduction amount or replacing it with a targeted tax credit.
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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. Format:
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Format: Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits September 25, 2017 - School districts face growing cost pressure related to the health benefits they provide for their retired employees. The first section of this post explains how districts structure their retiree health benefits, and the second section analyzes historical spending levels and future liabilities.
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RAND found that the state’s funding determination process had reduced nonclass-room-based charter schools’ possible misuse of funds. The proces s also resulted in non-classroom-based schools increasing spending on instruction and teacher compensation.
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Specifically, we recommend (1) converting the program to a pilot project in which schools coul d self-select one of three teacher-oriented reform options and (2) funding an independent evaluator to assess the performance of the groups over the seven-year life of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=120&year=0&publicationType=0

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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." Format:
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Adoption of the plan would also leave the state with large operating shortfalls in future years, unless additional corrective actions are taken. Thus, the Legislature will face major challenges in crafting a budget for the coming year.
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Format: MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific) August 25, 2006 - We provide a fiscal analysis of the proposed MOU with Bargaining Unit 10, which includes state scientific personnel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=127&year=0&publicationType=0