Other Budget Issues

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Reimbursements to counties for detaining parolees who violate the terms of their parole. Provide the proposed $86.3 million one-time augmentation to eliminate an existing backlog of unpaid claims to counties for costs incurred in detaining parole violators over a three-year period from 2010-11 to 2012-13, with a first installment of $28.8 million provided in 2010-11.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations?SubjectArea=23&Year=2010

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board

Background State Established Program for Counties to Access SCHIP Funds. Chapter  648, Statutes of 2001 (AB 495, Diaz), established the CHIM Fund program. Through this program counties would be able to access federal SCHIP matching funds to provide health coverage on a county-by-county basis to uninsured children living in families earning incomes between 250  percent and 300  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_12_4280_anl04.htm

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: County Admin Claims;Copay Drugs;Nursing Facilities

Examples of MAC activities claimed by counties include: Referrals by county hospital public health nurses for family planning services or drug treatment. County sheriff's office personnel engaged in drug and alcohol abuse education in public schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chc4260b.html

Improving Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Quality

County Organized Health System (COHS). In COHS counties, there is one county –run managed care plan available to beneficiaries. There are 22 counties that operate under the COHS model, covering about 1.9 million beneficiaries as of January 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/hhs/medi-cal/managed-care-050515.aspx

LAO 2003 Budget Analysis: Judiciary and Criminal Justice, Trial Court Funding (0450)

An informal 12-member working group, composed of court executives and county administrators, was formed to determine how much revenue these undesignated fees generate and whether the state or counties should be receiving the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/crim_justice/cj_02_0450_anl03.htm

^[PDF] Orange County Board of Supervisors' Legislative Seminar

Orange County Board of Supervisors' Legislative Seminar ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' LEGISLATIVE SEMINAR OCTOBER 22, 1984
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1984/orange_countuy_board_of_supervisors_legislative_seminar.pdf

^[PDF] Proposition 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses. Sentencing. Parole and Rehabilitation. Initiative Statute.

In addition, various provisions could result in unknown increases and reductions in county operating costs and revenues. County Capital Outlay—Unknown Net Fiscal Effect. Counties could face added capital outlay costs for housing parole violators, but decreased costs from the diversion of some offenders from jails to drug treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/FO/2008/Prop_5_9_24_08.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Local Control Funding Formula and New State Accountability System

Additional $111,374 per school district in the county. Additional $40 to $72 per ADA in the county (less populous counties receive higher per-ADA rates). Alternative Education Eligible student population Students who are (1) under the authority of the juvenile justice system, (2) probation-referred, (3) on probation, or (4) mandatorily expelled.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2016/Overview-Local-Control-Funding-Formula-030816.pdf

^[PDF] Statement of Economic Interests Electronic Filing Pilot Program

Costs Too High for Two Small Counties. The Counties of Merced and Stanislaus were not able to participate fully in the pilot program citing insuffi cient funds and resources to cover implementation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/stadm/Statement_of_Economic_Interests/Statement_of_Economic_Interests.pdf

^[PDF] Initiative Statute: Restricts Parole for Non-Violent Offenders. Authorizes Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors

. — County Jail and Community Supervision. Felony offenders who have no current or prior convictions for serious, violent, or sex offenses are typically sentenced to county jail or the supervision of a county probation officer in the community, or both.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2020/Initiative-Statute-Restricts-Parole-for-Non-Violent-Offenders.pdf