LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Prop 98 Education Programs: Prop 98 Requirement Uncertain

The first issue (potentially relevant in 2008 –09) relates to whether the state needs to establish a maintenance factor in a year when Test 1 is applicable. Historically, a maintenance factor has been established only in Test 3 years to record the difference between the Test 3 level and the higher Test 2 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/education/ed_anl09003002.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Prop 98 Education Programs: Flexibility and Categorical Reform

We believe this flexibility should be granted only through the budget year to avoid negative outcomes. For example, the state ’s maintenance requirements stem from long experience with school districts that failed to regularly maintain their own facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/education/ed_anl09004002.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: Increase State Revenues by Making Changes to Tax Programs

Specifically, if the amount of the bad check is between $25 and $1,250 the federal penalty is $25 and if the amount is $1,250 or more, the penalty is 2 percent of the face value of the bad check or money order.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09003004.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: California Emergency Management Agency

The budget proposes to purchase an additional 131 engines over five years for the CalEMA fleet, bringing the total number of state –owned engines to the recommended level. The cost for this proposal is about $13 million annually for five years, which includes six additional staff to manage the expanded fire engine fleet.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09003006.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: Restoring Solvency to the Unemployment Insurance Fund

UI Fund Condition Has Deteriorated In May and October of each year, EDD reports to the Legislature on the status of the UI fund. The May 2008 report indicated that benefit payments would exceed total receipts during 2008 and 2009, and that the UI program was projected to have a shortfall of $257 million by the end of the 2009 calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09004002.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: Department of Housing and Community Development

Last year, when the Governor proposed reducing the General Fund share of program support by $85,000, the Legislature adopted budget language allowing the department to increase fees to offset the reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09004009.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: Commission on State Mandates

Chapter 9, Statutes of 1989 (AB 497, Connelly), prohibits individuals who have been placed in a county mental health facility from owning or possessing a firearm for five years after their release. Chapter 578, Statutes of 1999 (AB 1587, Scott), established a process whereby affected individuals may appeal this firearm prohibition through a civil hearing in Superior Court.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09004011.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources: Executive Summary

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources: Executive Summary Executive Summary The Governor ’s budget proposes $7.1 billion from the General Fund, various special funds, and bond funds for resources and environmental protection programs in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/resources/res_anl09001.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources: Background: Governor’s Spending Proposal

The budget proposes to shift funding for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance in DPR from the General Fund to Proposition 84 bond funds, for a savings of $11 million in the current year and $8 million in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/resources/res_anl09002.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources: Governor’s Proposal to Eliminate The California Conservation Corps

Over the years, this mission has been addressed by education –focused activities, including direct schooling through the certified charter high school, and through work training such as backcountry trail construction, emergency response assistance, and job preparedness guidance sessions.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/resources/res_anl09003003.aspx