Timber Harvest Fees [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Timber Harvest Fees [Publication Details] Description: $170 million savings if property owners who benefit from state fire protection services pay $6 per acre in order to offset one-half of the state's proposed General Fund costs to provide fire protection services largely to private landowners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/955

Oversight of Electricity Contract Settlement Funds [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - The state has received cash and assets from settlements resulting from the renegotiation of energy contracts entered into by the state during the "energy crisis." Future settlements are also likely. We recommend that the Legislature hold hearings to consider uses for the settlement funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/956

Coordinating State Agency Representation Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Coordinating State Agency Representation Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [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/957

Work Credits [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - We recommend enactment of legislation allowing these inmates to earn day-for-day work credit instead of the one-day-for-two-days participation they currently earn thereby saving the state $70 million while reducing the sentence of approximately 29,000 inmates by only 27 days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/965

Accountability [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - We recommend that the Legislature take steps to integrate state and federal sanction and intervention programs to send a clear message of expectations to schools and districts. We recommend that state interventions be focused at the school district level and that the state intervene directly at only the lowest-performing schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/976

Special Education [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Special Education [Publication Details] Description: We recommend the State Department of Education report at budget hearings on the likelihood that the federal Department of Education would grant California a waiver of the special education maintenance of effort requirements for 2003-04.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/978

General Government: Mandates [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - The administration proposes to defer the costs of all general government mandates on local governments. By the end of the budget year, the state would owe over $1.2 billion to noneducation local governments. We recommend the Legislature adopt the general policy of either funding its mandate obligations or eliminating the state's liability for the mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/986

Vacant Positions [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Recently, the Legislature has taken various steps, through budget control sections, to reduce the number of vacant positions in state government. We found that the Department of Finance (DOF) has provided most of the information requested. We recommend that DOF provide updated information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/987

State Emergency Telephone Number Account [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - State Emergency Telephone Number Account [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/988

Animal Control State Mandate [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2003 - Animal Control State Mandate [Publication Details] Description: We recommend the Legislature suspend the mandate to reimburse local governments for the increased costs resulting from animal control. Furthermore, we recommend the Legislature refer the matter to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee for review.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/997