^[PDF] Letter to Legislator

As part of this option, the Legislature may wish to consider transferring public goods charge revenues collected by POUs for research purposes to the PIER fund. This approach would respond to concerns about the inefficiency and lack of coordination from creating multiple separate public interest energy research programs across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/rsrc/cec_pier/cec_pier_011811.pdf

^[PDF] 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success

Under prior law, these VLF revenues were allocated to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ($300 million) for administrative purposes and to cities and Orange County ($153 million) for general purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/realignment/realignment_081911.pdf

^[PDF] Reforming the State’s Transfer Process: A Progess Report on Senate Bill 1440

(Because two TMC, in music and elementary teacher education, were just recently approved, no community college currently has an associate degree for transfer in those programs.) As of March 30, 2012, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles County) had 13 associate degrees for transfer developed and either approved or under review by the CCC Chancellor’s Office— the most in the CCC system.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/progress-sb-1440/progress-sb-1440-051112.pdf

^[PDF] School District Fiscal Oversight and Intervention

In these cases, a number of actions are taken to prepare the school district for an emergency loan, process the emergency loan, and transfer administrative control of the district to the state. This process can result in significant changes to the governance and finances of a school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/school-district-fiscal-oversight-and-intervention/school-district-fiscal-oversight-and-intervention-043012.pdf

^[PDF] An Alternative Approach: Treating the Incompetent to Stand Trial

Located in the City of Coalinga, it houses over 700 patients, most of whom are Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs). Coalinga has been reserved for this specific SVP population and does not treat individuals who are incompetent to stand trial.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/hlth/ist/incompetent-stand-trial-010312.pdf

^[PDF] Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers

The recent bankruptcy filing by the city of Stockton provides an example of how a municipality may seek to modify various types of debt. The city of Stockton filed for Chapter 9 in June 2012, citing unsustainable employee compensation and retiree expenses, excessive debt load, and the economic downturn as primary factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/localgov/local-government-bankruptcy-080712.pdf

^[PDF] Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Programs

The Energy Efficiency Block Grant Program provides funds to small cities, counties, and local government entities for various energy efficiency projects. Such projects include lighting retrofits, building upgrades, and mechanical equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/rsrc/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency-121912.pdf

^[PDF] The 2013-14 Budget: Overview of the May Revision

(The Governor’s 2013-14 budget plan proposes to continue suspending transfers to the Budget Stabilization Account.) 2013-14 B u d g e t 6 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov reflects a cautious forecast for state revenues in 2013-14.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/bud/may-revise/overview-may-revise-051713.pdf

^[PDF] Specifically, the state (1) shifted primary responsibility for

Specifically, the state (1) shifted primary responsibility for funding trial courts, (2) classified most individuals working in the trial courts as court employees rather than county employees, and (3) transferred ownership and responsibility of court facilities to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/crim/criminal-justice-primer/criminal-justice-primer-011713.pdf

^[PDF] An Analysis of New Cal Grant Eligibility Rules

The state’s main Cal Grant program guarantees financial aid awards to recent high school graduates and community college transfer students who meet financial, academic, and other eligibility criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/edu/new-cal-grant/new-cal-grant-010713.pdf