LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Military Department (8940)

The department requests $1.7 million from the General Fund in the budget year to establish a Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) to aid in recruitment efforts. Program costs would grow to $3.3 million annually in subsequent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_18_8940_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Department of Rehabilitation (5160)

Federal Funds Potentially Unavailable Beyond Budget Year. The department plans to use $465,640 in previously unspent federal carryover funds to support the project in 2007-08. However, because carryover funds vary from year to year, it is unclear to what extent federal funds will be available for the following year’s project requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/health_ss/hss_08_5160_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Community Care Licensing

This is an increase of 18 percent, or slightly less than $6 million in General Fund from the current year. Most of the increase is due to the addition of staff for more facility inspections. This is pursuant to a requirement in current law that triggers increased random inspections if violations increase by more than 10 percent from the prior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/health_ss/hss_14_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Sierra Nevada Conservancy (3855)

The conservancy’s jurisdiction covers 25 million acres and is divided into six subregions. In 2005, the conservancy began its start-up activities which, in 2006, resulted in it selecting an executive director, moving into its headquarters, and hiring staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/resources/res_12_3855_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Funding for Transportation Programs

(This has the effect of lowering the school funding guarantee beginning in the budget year.) The proposal to fund regional center transportation from PTA instead of the General Fund, however, would be a one-time shift in the budget year only.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/transportation/tran_02_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Implementation of the Transportation Bond

Some programs, including Air Quality and School Bus Retrofit, are specifically targeted at reducing emissions. Language describing the Trade Corridors program lists emissions reduction as one consideration among many in evaluating projects for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/transportation/tran_03_anl07.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Judicial Branch (0250)

These costs have grown rapidly in recent years. Specifically, total security costs have increased from about $263 million in 1999 –00 to about $450 million in 2006 –07, the last year of complete data.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/crim_justice/cj_anl08003.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Education COLA

Other Costs Make Up Relatively Small Share of School Budgets. Depending on inflationary trends in other school cost categories (such as utilities and supplies), focusing on employee compensation will slightly over –compensate schools in some years and under –compensate in other years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/education/ed_anl08004.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Employment Development Department (7100)

This is an increase of $421 million, or 3.7 percent, above current –year estimated expenditures. The increase is primarily the result of higher estimates of UI and DI benefit payments for the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/general_govt/gen_anl08014.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Child Welfare Services (5180)

This alternative would take eight years to accomplish. The second alternative was to develop a new system. This alternative would build in all the federal and county requirements. The new system would take three years to develop.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/health_ss/hss_anl08010.aspx