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

Public Employee Pensions: An Interview With LAO's Jason Sisney [Publication Details]

Aug 8, 2011 - Public Employee Pensions: An Interview With LAO's Jason Sisney [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/2505

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

Aug 5, 2011 - Supreme Court issued a ruling in a lawsuit against the state involving prison overcrowding. Specifically, the court upheld the ruling of a federal three–judge panel requiring the state to reduce overcrowding in its prisons to 137.5 percent of its “design capacity” within two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2504

Managing California’s Insolvency: The Impact of Federal Proposals on Unemployment Insurance [Publication Details]

Jul 7, 2011 - Many states sought loans from the federal government. As of June 2011, California’s outstanding federal loan totaled over $10 billion. Three federal proposals have recently been introduced to address the insolvency issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2502

2009 List of State Boards and Commissions (Partially Updated) [Publication Details]

Jun 7, 2011 - 2009 List of State Boards and Commissions (Partially Updated) [Publication Details] 2009 List of State Boards and Commissions (Partially Updated) Format: PDF Description: This document is a partially updated list of nearly 300 state boards and commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2497

Governor's plan brings budget much closer to balance

May 25, 2011 - (Like the Governor, we assume that the state receives no General Fund benefit from enacted budget actions concerning Proposition 10 funds.) Figure 1
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 - Request Inappropriately Funds Local Projects From State Highway Account (SHA). A portion of the budget request for the COS program is for state resources to work on projects where a local agency, such as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth ority,is the lead on the project rather than the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/442

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

May 24, 2011 - 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 - Coordinating the project with the state ’s other transportation systems is an important aspect of system development. Reject the $500,000 augmentation for the outreach and communications contract. In our report, we recommend not funding any contracts until HSRA has renegotiated the terms of the project with the federal government and reevaluated how to proceed based on criteria that considers, in part, the state ’s best interests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/440