Parole Realignment LAO Alternative Budget Package [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2008 - Handout summarizing the LAO's proposed realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1786

Federal and State Welfare Reform Overview [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2008 - Federal and State Welfare Reform Overview [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/1785

Webcast: Elizabeth Hill Answers Questions On the LAO's Alternative Budget Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2008 - In an interview on the California Channel's "California Conversations" Elizabeth Hill answers questions the state's fiscal condition and the LAO's alternative budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1783

Infrastructure Bank Loan Program [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - The Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) provides low cost loans to local governments for infrastructure projects that are supposed to promote economic development and improve land use. However, loans made by the I-Bank do not effectively meet these objectives. We recommend modifying the program to better target limited state funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1733

Specific Cost-Savings Options for the Judicial Branch [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - The budget proposes an unallocated reduction of $246 million for the Judicial Branch. We recommend the Legislature adopt a savings target that is consistent with its own program and spending priorities and take specific actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1737

Funding Flood Management [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We recommend the enactment of legislation to establish a fee to cover the department’s flood management expenditures that provide a direct benefit to property owners in flood zones statewide and those protected by the state Central Valley flood control system, thereby creating General Fund savings of about $40 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1752

Expenditure Details of the LAO Alternative Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Provides details of the LAO alternative budget for expenditure issues. The savings shown are relative to the Governor’s workload budget. In total, these proposals would reduce state costs by $1.8 billion in 2007‑08 and $9 billion in 2008‑09.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1771

Funding Water Quality and Water Rights Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We recommend applying the "polluter pays" funding principle more fully to the State Water Resources Control Board’s core water quality and water rights programs by (1) increasing existing fees to fully cover regulatory program costs, and (2) enacting a new broad-based fee to fully fund water quality management programs. Adopting our recommendations would create General Fund savings of $30.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1754

Vacant Positions [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - About 14 percent of state employee positions are vacant. In this piece, we discuss the factors that cause high vacancy levels. We recommend repealing an ineffective state law that purports to abolish vacant positions. In its place, we offer the Legislature some options to hold departments accountable for high vacancy rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1727

Perspectives on State Expenditures 2008-09 [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Perspectives on State Expenditures 2008-09 [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/1713