1996 Economic Performance in Retrospect

Figure 18 (see page 50) shows California's current age distribution and how different age groupings will be changing over the next three years. It indicates, for example, that California's workforce will grow older, as the baby boomers enter their late 40s and 50s, and the number of persons in the 25-to-44 year old group (who represent younger workers) stays relatively flat.
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^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: III Perspectives on State Revenues Chapter

This espe- cially strong 1995 growth appears to have been due to a variety of factors, including well-above-average growth in capital gains (25 percent). Strong 1995 growth also occurred in investment and business-related income, and in wages and salaries of high-income individuals.
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1997-98 Budget Analysis, Perspectives and Issues Part VIa, Expenditures

These shifts replaced a portion of the state's education funding with an equivalent amount of local property tax revenues that were shifted from local governments to schools and community colleges. Consequently, the abrupt dro p in education's share of the state budget that Figure  5 shows occurred in 1993-94 primarily reflected a restructuring of school funding, instead of a significant reallocation of total resources away from education.
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LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget Bill Resources Departmental Issues, Part II

Although the department has stocked striped bass in the past, it has reduced its efforts in recent years due in part to funding limitations. The budget request is the first year of a proposed program to significantly expand DFG's efforts to stock striped bass.
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LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget Bill Resources Departmental Issues, Part III

The tire recycling program has been funded by a disposal fee of 25  cents per tire levied when used tires are left for disposal at a seller of new or used tires. Beginning January 1997, Chapter  304, Statutes of 1996 (AB  2108, Mazzoni) replaces the disposal fee with a fee of 25 cents per new tire purchased.
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^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: Transportation Chapter

Crosscutting Issues A - 25 Third, CHP’s employee compensation expenditures might be higher than projected. The budget year expenditure estimates do not take into account the upcoming labor agreement negotiations with CHP traffic officers over salary and employee compensation.
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Press Release--Highlights of the 1998-99 Analysis and P&I;

We recommend the lower amount as it more accurately reflects inflation that has occurred over the past year. (Analysis, page E-30.) Longer School Year. This one proposal accounts for $350 million in new funds in the budget year.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Criminal Justice Departmental Issues 1

The housing plan assumes that 480 additional inmates will be accommodated at 2,000 new community correctional facility beds operated by private vendors that opened in January 1998 , and that a net gain of 25 beds will result from contracting with vendors for correctional reentry center beds.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Government Crosscutting Issues

Current-Year Funding. The 1997-98 Budget Act (Item 9899) appropriated $55  million for Y2K conversion costs. This included $25  million from the General Fund, $25  million from special funds, and $5  million from non-governmental cost funds.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Goverment Departmental Issues 2

The changes require departments to exchange in formation electronically with many partners, including local school districts, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, substance abuse programs, child welfare services programs , and work programs, among others.
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