The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - While DGS has not initiated the construction or major renovation of any state office buildings over the past ten years, it has generally taken the department at least six years to complete new state office building and major renovation projects in recent decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

Flexible Facility Utilization Standards: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Nov 12, 2003 - Current state standards for utilization of higher education instructional facilities can be simplified and made more flexible. We recommend restating these standards on the basis of "annual hours of station use per year." This would both simplify the standards and accommodate year-round operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1059

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds [Publication Details]

Jan 3, 2017 - Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds [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/3519

The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2014 - The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details] The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan Format: HTML Description: In this report, we review California’s Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, the first statewide infrastructure plan released by the administration since 2008.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2916

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - We estimate that the DSR will remain somewhat below 5  percent over the next several years. This is because we project that General Fund revenues will increase at roughly the same pace as debt-service costs over the projection period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds [Publication Details]

Nov 15, 2017 - Debt service is a significant General Fund expenditure. In this post, we discuss how we estimate the state’s debt burden will change over the forecast period. This is part of a collection of material for The 2018-19 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook. See a complete list of this year's fiscal outlook material on our fiscal outlook budget page.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3713

Cogeneration Equipment Investments: The Effects of Rapid Amortization [Publication Details]

Jun 1, 1985 - In 1980, the California Legislature enacted AB 1404 (Chapter 1328, Statutes of 1980), which shortened the time period over which certain cogeneration equipment can be depreciated for California tax purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/476

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - Specifically, it is uncertain whether these changes reflect actual differences in needs since last year or are a result of differences in how deferred maintenance is catalogued or reported by departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

Funding Higher Education Capital Outlay [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2001 - We recommend the Legislature provide funding for higher education capital outlay based on statewide priorities and criteria, using reasonable construction cost guidelines, and on the basis of year-round operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/787

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Under this approach, the discounted costs and benefits are estimated for each year. The discounted payback period is the number of years at which the total discounted benefits of a project surpass the total discounted costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711