1997-98 Budget Analysis, General Government Departments Part 3

Chapter  1195, Statutes of 1994 (AB 1808, Areias) established a program by which the Military Department is required to make 25 specified armories in 16 California counties available to ci ties and counties as emergency shelters for homeless persons during certain periods of cold weather.
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1997-98 Budget Analysis, General Government Departments Major Issues

This is an increase of about $25  million, or 3  percent, over estimated currently-year expenditures. The largest increase is an additional $50  million for the Energy Commission. Tax Collection Programs Expenditures.
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^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: Health & Social ServicesChapter

Based on more recent immigration data, however, we estimate that the monthly number of new immigrants will be about 25 percent less than the budget assumes. Our analysis of the department’s cost information indicates that the per-person monthly savings will be slightly higher than the budget estimate—$9 versus $8.
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Health and Social Services Departmental Issues

We note, however, that the budget includes $250,000 per year in the current and budget years to contract for training and technical assistance services for the 48 AFLP providers. We also note that most AFLP providers have been administering the program for more than five years.
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LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget Bill

The following years reflect an upward trend in spendi ng until 1997-98, when a reduction is proposed. Combined General Fund and special funds spending is projected to increase by 27  percent between 1990-91 and 1997-98.
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LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillK-12 Education, Budget Issues

Other r eforms, such as the proposal jointly made by the LAO, Department of Education and DOF to revamp the special education funding system, also merit the Legislature's consideration for funding in the budget year.
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LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillK-12 Education, Budget Issues

As shown in Figure  25 above, about 8  percent of classrooms for CSR were created by converting space from other uses. These facilities include libraries, computer and science labs, teacher lounges and prep rooms, gymn asiums and cafeterias, and child care facilities, among others.
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^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: The Governor's Corporate Tax Reduction Proposal Chapter

Some of these other factors that busi- nesses typically rank as important include access to markets, availability and costs of labor and other inputs, geographic characteristics, climate, infrastructure (such as transportation facilities), regulatory environment, quality of public services for employees and their families (such as schools), and housing prices. . . .
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1997-98 Budget Analysis: Property Taxes--Why Some Local Governments Get More Than Others

For example, if a county, city, special district, and school district each receive 25 percent of property taxes collected within a community unde r AB 8, they generally continue to receive 25 percent of taxes collected regardless of how much property taxes grow.
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1997-98 Budget Analysis: The "COPS" Program

This write-up reviews local government COPS expenditures in the current year--and makes recommendations regarding the program's budget proposal. In terms of the current year, we fi nd little data on how local governments spent their COPS funds.
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