LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: California Community Colleges (6870)

Growth has been uneven, fluctuating on a year-to-year basis. Enrollment peaked in fall 2002, but since then has declined by about 8 percent (140,000 students). During the same period, the college-age population (18- to 24-year olds) has grown by 5 percent, and the adult population (aged 25 to 64) has grown by 7 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_22_6870_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

The Governor’s budget funds approximately 900 new High School Entitlement awards. This reflects growth of 2 percent, consistent with the projected growth in high school graduates for 2006-07. It also funds 880 new Transfer Entitlement awards, which reflects a 15 percent increase over the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_23_7980_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Office of the Chief Information Officer (0502)

Current IT Governance Structure In 2002, the Legislature allowed the Department of Information Technology (DOIT) to sunset after seven years of struggling to meet its statutory mandates to oversee the state’s IT structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_05_0502_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Board of Equalization (0860)

The budget proposes to eliminate 21.7 of the 27.7 limited-term positions, but extend for two more years the remaining six positions in order to administer the fee. The administration’s proposal results in a staffing level of 50.8 PYs, a 30 percent reduction from the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_07_0860_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Secretary of State (0890)

The revised spending plan proposes the continuation of the 10 personnel-years (PYs) provided in the current year. As described above, most HAVA requirements were implemented in time for the 2004 or 2006 elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_08_0890_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Franchise Tax Board (1730)

We recommend instead that these types of expenses be limited to no more than 25 percent of the staffing request. Second, the administration’s initiative targeting out-of-state tax avoidance includes a feature which would forego penalties even if an audit is completed and noncompliance identified.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_10_1730_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Department of General Services (1760)

Expenditures for building regulation and statewide support services are $736 million in the budget year, an increase of $78 million, or almost 12 percent above estimated current-year expenditures. Real estate services accounts for an additional $416 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_11_1760_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: California State Teachers’ Retirement System (1920)

We also suggested that comprehensive reform of CalSTRS should place decision making and responsibility for retirement issues at the local level with employers (school and community college districts) and employees (teachers).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_12_1920_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Retirement Contributions (Control Section 3.60)

Local governments and school districts are responsible for the other liabilities. As a whole, the system’s liabilities are 87 percent funded. State law and collective bargaining agreements define the retirement benefits that state employees earn as part of the compensation provided in exchange for their work.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_22_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Department of Public Health (4265)

It also requires all public schools to annually send a report to the local health officer detailing the number of pupils who are subject to this requirement, the number of pupils who received the assessment, and the number of pupils who did not receive the assessment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/health_ss/hss_05_4265_anl07.aspx