Legal services funding adjustment

Apr 16, 2012 - Doing so would mean that the LSRF would continue to absorb these costs for one additional year, providing the state a one-time bud get savings totaling $1.9 million. While we have no technical concerns with the proposal, we believe this is a reasonable one-time approach considering the state ’s fiscal situation and the projected fund balance of the LSRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/580

State Water Project staffing for regulatory compliance, safety, and maintenance

May 20, 2011 - State Water Project staffing for regulatory compliance, safety, and maintenance State Water Project staffing for regulatory compliance, safety, and maintenance Program: State Water Project Finding or Recommendation: Updated recommendation: Approve three positions for "AB 32 compliance" as these positions have been justified on a workload basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/326

Proposed elimination of the Salton Sea Restoration Council

May 20, 2011 - As such, the state will need to identify a stable funding source for the mitigation efforts, potentially requiring the amendment of statute to provide  recovery of costs from parties directly benefiting from, or causing the need for the, mitigation activity.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/418

A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California [Publication Details]

Mar 22, 2012 - For our analysis, we distributed a survey to all public school districts in the state asking them about their implementation of the teacher layoff process, used information provided by two state agencies--the California Department of Education (CDE) and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)--and included information from the California Teachers Association (CTA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2602

Recommendations from our review of AB 32 zero-based budget submitted by Administration on May 4

May 20, 2011 - While the act charged the Air Resources Board  with monitoring and regulating the state 's sources of GHGs, AB 32-related work is currently being conducted by 180  positions in nine  departments throughout state government at a cost of $37 million.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/429

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2017 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters). State Bargaining Unit 8’s current members are represented by Cal Fire Local 2881. This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3534

Improving Management of the State's Groundwater Resources [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2014 - Improving Management of the State's Groundwater Resources [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/2971

State Water Project staffing for implementation of biological opinions

Apr 27, 2011 - State Water Project staffing for implementation of biological opinions State Water Project staffing for implementation of biological opinions Program: State Water Project Finding or Recommendation: As an update to our January 2011 recommendation: Reject six of 18 positions proposed in the Governor's January budget for improving
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/325

May Revision Request for Additional $3.2 Million and 17 Positions to Enhance Underground Injection Control Regulatory Program

May 20, 2010 - The DOGGR also provides detailed production reports on oil and gas output in the state. Within DOGGR, the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program regulates some 25,000 oilfield injection wells operating across the state under stat e law and federal law (DOGGR received authority, or primacy, to regulate these wells in 1983 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/246

The 2015-16 Budget: The Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 9, 2015 - The 2015-16 Budget: The Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal [Publication Details] The 2015-16 Budget: The Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget proposes $125 million from the General Fund to address deferred maintenance backlogs in state facilities managed by various departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3169