^[PDF] A Primer: Three Strikes The Impact After More Than a Decade

If a person has two or more previous serious or violent felony convictions, the sentence for any new felony conviction (not just a serious or violent felony) is life imprisonment with the minimum term being 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/3_Strikes/3_strikes_102005.pdf

^[PDF] Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools in California and the Impact of SB 740

At this point in time, the SB 740 funding determination process has been implemented for three consecutive school years and has entered its fourth year. Despite evidence of success in combating profiteering, the first three years of implementation have been turbulent.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/RAND_charter/Nonclassroom_charter_summary_0205.pdf

Assessing Recent State Efforts: Health Care for the "Hard-to-Insure"

In addition to monthly premiums, enrollees must also make co-payments to help offset the cost of their care, which are generally limited to $2,500 per year for an individual and $4,000 per year per household.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/ab1401/hardtoinsure_120705.htm

^[PDF] The 2005-06 Budget Bil (lSenate Bill 77) as Adopted by the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Assumes a 25 percent reduction in 2005-06 mandate costs attributable to increased auditing efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/floor_packet/061505_floor_packet.pdf

A Primer: Funding Higher Education

The state currently ranks fourth (tied with four other states) in college enrollment among 18- to 24-year-olds and first among 25- to 49-year-olds. Future changes to participation rates are difficult to predict because eligible students ’ interest in attending college (that is, enrollment “demand ”) is influenced by a number factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/fund_highred/062905_fundng_highred.html

^[PDF] A Primer: Funding Higher Education

(Although not shown in the figure, in the current year, nonneedy gradu- Legislative.Analyst’s.Office 25 ate students are paying even a smaller share of costs—21 per‑ cent and 18 percent for UC and CSU, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/fund_highred/062905_fundng_highred.pdf

Major Features of the 2005 California Budget

The budget provides $61  million in one-time funds to pay for mandate costs deferred from prior years. Low-Performing School Enrichment Block Grant ($22  million). The budget provides $22  million for grants to schools in API deciles 1 through 3 to improve the education culture and environment at those schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/major_features/2005-06_major_features.htm

^[PDF] Medi-Cal Expenditure Projection Comparison

Our forecast period runs five years from 2005-06 through 2009-10, with projections presented for each of the years during this period. The PPIC forecast is based on 2002-03 fiscal and caseload data with projections reported for only two points in time during this period—2009-10 and 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/medical/081605_medical_expenditures_letter.pdf

^[PDF] Part D Stands for Deficit: How the Medicare Drug Benefit Affects Medi-Cal

The implementation of the Medicare drug benefit component of MMA, known as Part D, is likely to cause significant net finan- cial losses to the state for years and have other major programmatic impacts on Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/medicare/medicare_031605.pdf

^[PDF] Lowering the State's Costs for Prescription Drugs

H I L L • L E G I S L A T I V E A N A LY S T LAO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE Lowering the State’s Costs For Prescription Drugs State agencies purchase about $4.2 billion annually in prescription and nonprescription drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/prscrptn_drugs/prscrptn_drugs_021005.pdf