10-27-1999 Follow-Up to Commission on State Mandates

In a ddition, Supplemental Claimants, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, and Long Beach Unified School District each provided the commission responses to our document on or abo ut October 25 th or 26 th .
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/102799_special_ed_mandate_followup.html

California's Fiscal Outlook 1999-00 to 2001-02 Part III

The 1999-00 Budget Act also provided for a one-time additional Vehicle License Fee (VLF) reduction in calendar year 2000, which will result in a roughly $250 million increase in state subventions to bac kfill the local revenue losses resulting from the VLF reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/1199_fiscal_outlook/1199_fiscal_outlook_part_3.html

California's Fiscal Outlook 1999-00 to 2001-02 Part IV

The moderate future increases are primarily due to declining growth in K-12 school enrollments, which are exp ected to slow from over 2 percent annual increases in recent years, down to just over 0.5 percent per year by 2004-05.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/1199_fiscal_outlook/1199_fiscal_outlook_part_4.html

State Employee Compensation: The Recently Approved Package

For example, "miscellaneous" employees receive 2 percent of co mpensation for each year of service at age 55 (rather than at 60). LAO Findings Compensation Package. We estimate that the compensation package will cost $286 million (all funds) in the current year, increasing to almost $1.3 billion in 2001-02 when all full-year costs are realized.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/120699_employee_comp.html

^[PDF] An LAO State Employee Compensation: The Recently Approved Package

For example, “miscellaneous” employees receive 2 percent of compen- sation for each year of service at age 55 (rather than at 60). Compensation Package. We estimate that the compensation package will cost $286 million (all funds) in the current year, increasing to al- most $1.3 billion in 2001-02 when all full-year costs are realized.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/120699_employee_comp.pdf

^[PDF] An LAO Californians and the Marriage Penalty

The practical problem for policy makers in doing this is that, although 21 million taxpayers would see tax reductions at no net cost, the 25 million taxpayers currently receiving bonuses would be worse off.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/121599_marriage_penalty.pdf

Californians and the Marriage Penalty

The practical problem for policy makers in doing this is that, although 21 million taxpayers would see tax reductions at no net cost, the 25 million taxpayers currently receiving bonuses would be worse off.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/121699_marriage_penalty.html

California Spending Plan 1999-00 Chapter 2

The General Fund currently spends about $1 billion annually to backfill revenues to local governments associated with the initial 25 percent VLF reduction. One-Time Additional Reduction The adopted budget provides for an additional 10 percent VLF reductionfor a cumulative reduction of 35 percentin calendar year 2000 only.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/1999_spending_plan/chapter_2.html

^[PDF] June 15, 1999 1999-00 Budget Bill Conference Committee Version

Major Proposition 98 Provisions Issue Governor Conference Difference K-12 Education Revenue limit “deficit reduction” $200.0 $455.0 $255.0 Instructional materials increasea 144.0 134.0 -10.0 Deferred maintenance increase 143.7 143.7 — School safety increase 100.0 100.0 — Teacher performance bonuses 70.0 50.0 -20.0 Teacher recruitment bonuses 30.0 — -30.0 Beginning teacher salary
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/99-00_conference_committee_floor_packet.pdf

State Corporate Taxation of Sales to the Federal Government

The exact magnitude of this differential is unknown and could vary significantly from year to year, but a rough estimate would be several billions of dollars annually . Issue # 4--Broad Implications of California's Treatment of Sales to the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/990121_scr44_bct_fed_sales.html