State Fiscal Picture 2008-09 [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - State Fiscal Picture 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/1716

Funding of Transportation Programs [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We discuss the ongoing impact of such actions on funding for state transportation programs, as well as the ongoing funding constraint the state faces relative to the maintenance and rehabilitation of its transportation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1731

Funding Timber Harvest Plan Review and Enforcement [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We recommend the enactment of legislation to create a fee on timber operators to fully fund the review and enforcement of timber harvest plans by several state agencies, thereby creating General Fund savings of $21.2 million. Our recommendation is based on the application of the "beneficiary pays" funding principle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1755

Budget Deletes State Cost-of-Living Adjustments [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Budget Deletes State Cost-of-Living Adjustments [Publication Details] Budget Deletes State Cost-of-Living Adjustments Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget proposes to delete the June 2008 and 2009 state statutory COLAs and pass-through the federal COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1761

Pay-for-Performance Could Reduce Medi-Cal Costs and Improve Patient Care [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - As health care costs continue to face upward cost pressures, many federal, state and private health care programs have turned to pay-for-performance programs as a way of both ensuring the practice of effective and efficient medicine and of controlling costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1764

LAO Alternative Budget Overview [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - LAO Alternative Budget Overview [Publication Details] HTML Description: In contrast to the administration’s across-the-board reduction budget-balancing approach that fails to prioritize state spending, we offer an alternative approach for the Legislature’s consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1768

LAO Revenue-Raising Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - In so doing, we have applied the same approach as with direct spending programs--that is, we have examined tax-related provisions referred to as tax expenditure programs (TEPs)--and recommended changes to those that are not achieving their stated purposes or are of a lower priority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1769

Alternatives to the Governor's Budgetary Reforms [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Although the measure would help even out the state’s revenues from year to year, it would also be inflexible to legislative decision making on a year-to-year basis and would fail to prioritize state spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1770

Perspectives on State Revenues 2008-09 [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - Perspectives on State Revenues 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/1714

Realignment of Parole Could Improve Public Safety and Help Address Budget Shortfall [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2008 - We propose a nearly $500 million realignment of responsibility for supervision of low-level criminal offenders from the state parole system to county probation. Funding for parole realignment would come from a reallocation of waste and water district property taxes, city Proposition 172 sales taxes, and vehicle license fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1740