LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Tax Relief (9100)

The Williamson Act allows cities and counties to enter into contracts with landowners to restrict certain property to open space and agricultural uses. In return for these restrictions, the property owners pay reduced property taxes because the land is assessed at a lower –than –maximum level.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/general_govt/gen_anl08020.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: General Government

This is a violation of a fundamental tenet of public finance: Transfers of costs from one generation to the next should be avoided. Commission Strongly Recommends That the State Begin Addressing This Issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/general_govt/gen_anl08021.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Augmentation for Employee Compensation (9800)

While these proposals may help address the short –term budget problem, they may complicate the longer –term budget situation and transfer costs for today ’s public services to future generations of Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/general_govt/gen_anl08022.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Implementation of “AB 32”—Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

Rather, the bulk of the AB 32 funding for the budget year comes from continuing to draw down special fund balances that were either carried over from previous years or made possible by proposed loans or transfers from other special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08003.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (3540)

Lands owned by the federal government or incorporated within existing city limits are excluded from SRA. Also, if the density of houses is greater than three units per acre, the Board of Forestry generally removes these lands from SRA and local governments become responsible for fire protection.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08007.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Wildlife Conservation Board (3640)

We recommend the Legislature appropriate $10.9 million from the Natural Resources Infrastructure Fund and $9.9 million in Proposition 1E bond funds to replace the proposed General Fund transfer. (Eliminate General Fund transfer to the Habitat Conservation Fund in the amount of $20.8 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08009.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: California Coastal Commission (3720)

Current Law Requires Transfer of Commission ’s Permit Fees and Penalty Revenues. Under current law, permit fee revenues collected by the commission are not retained by the commission. Rather, all of the commission ’s permit fee revenues are transferred to the Coastal Access Account in the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), to be used to fund activities related to the development and operation of coastal public access permits.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08010.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: State Water Resources Control Board (3940)

Under current law, the regional boards may administratively issue civil liability penalties against companies, cities, and individual waste dischargers that violate water quality laws or permit conditions, or do not comply with enforcement and penalty orders of the boards.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08014.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Electricity Oversight Board (8770)

However, the Governor ’s budget proposal did not specify how EOB ’s existing workload and authority would be transferred to another state agency. Legislature Rejected Governor ’s Proposal to Eliminate EOB.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/resources/res_anl08015.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Department of Transportation (2660)

Caltrans ’ total support in 2008 –09 will be provided by a variety of sources, including $4.1 billion (29 percent) from the State Highway Account, $3.9 billion (28 percent) from federal funds, $1.5 billion (11 percent) from the Proposition 42 transfer, and $3.5 billion (25 percent) from Proposition 1B funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/transportation/trans_anl08005.aspx