The 2018-19 Budget: Review of Fair Political Practices Commission Budget and Workload

May 7, 2018 - FPPC indicates that the current agreement with the county (established in 2014‑15) specifies that the county pay FPPC a lump sum payment of $55,000 at the beginning of each calendar year to pay for a base amount of FPPC staff time and FPPC bills the county at a specified hourly rate for additional time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3822

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Department of Mental Health (4440)

Recently, however, we were advised by state hospital administrators that the remaining population of 50 in this unit is down by half to a total of 25 patients. As a result, we are advised that DMH had held up the bidding process for an estimated $8.8 million project to construct an on-site school building at MSH for these clients, and is reviewing wh ether the current population (if it holds) is sufficient to justify the continuation of this unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/health_ss/hss_12_4440_anl06.html

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 9)

Outstanding loans from special funds as of July 1, 2006 would be repaid within 15  years. Payment of Past Mandate Claims In past years, the Governor and Legislature have deferred payments for mandate claims filed by local school districts and noneducation local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050176.htm

LAO Publications

The financial health of districts has not improved significantly, and may have even worsened somewhat, over the past year. Here we deepen our discussion of the impact of the n ew accounting requirements on K-12 school districts and reiterate our recommendations for ensuring that districts address retiree health liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=10&year=0&productid=1&categoryid=0

LAO Education

The financial health of districts has not improved significantly, and may have even worsened somewhat, over the past year. Here we deepen our discussion of the impact of the new accounting requirements on K-12 school districts and reiterate our recommendations for ensuring that districts address retiree health liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=0&year=0&page=60

LAO Publications

The financial health of districts has not improved significantly, and may have even worsened somewhat, over the past year. Here we deepen our discussion of the impact of the n ew accounting requirements on K-12 school districts and reiterate our recommendations for ensuring that districts address retiree health liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=199&year=0&productid=0&categoryid=0

^[PDF] The Master Plan at 50: Great Than the Sum of Its Parts--Coordinating Higher Education in California

Both campuses were built in sparsely populated areas, far from the urban and suburban centers where projected growth of high school graduates was concentrated. Both are struggling to attract students several years after opening.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/edu/ed_coordination/ed_coordination_012810.pdf

Analysis of Education Mandates [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2014 - In recent years, the state has tried to simplify this process by creating two alternative reimbursement structures. The reasonable reimbursement methodology (RRM) provides reimbursement for a particular mandate using a formula developed in a quasi-judicial forum.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2956

Restructuring California’s Child Care and Development System

Standards Require Programs Serving Four –Year –Olds to Focus on School Readiness. We recommend requiring all centers and FCCHs serving low –income four –year –olds to include educational components. The state already makes significant investments in school readiness for four –year –olds through State Preschool and the existing TK program.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/child-care/restructuring-child-care-system-040414.aspx

^[PDF] 1947 Budget Analysis: Department of Corrections

This is an increase of $1,500 over expenditures for the 1945-46 Fiscal Year and is the same amount that was allowed for expenditures in the 1946-47 Fiscal Year. We recommend approval of Item 46 as submitted for the amount of $1,500.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1947/18_corrections_1947.pdf