LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Education Technology

Part of the reason that few schools and school districts have invested in the infrastructure to connect to the counties is that there are few software prod ucts that require high-speed connectivity. Because so few schools and districts nationwide have access to high-speed connections, publishing and software design companies have not yet invested resources to develop products that take advantage of this technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_13_ed_tech_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Financial Aid

Multiple entities (including the federal government, state government, universities, corporations, and philanthropists) offer financial aid, and the aid they offer comes in multiple forms (including grants, scholarships, loans, work-study, tax credits, and savings plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_06_financialaid_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Transportation Overview

The VLF is an annual fee levied on the depreciated value of registered vehicles in the state, with revenues going to cities and counties. Beginning in 1999, the Legislature reduced the VLF rate from 2  percent down to 0.65  percent, with a General Fund backfill compensating local governments for the reduced VLF revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_01_ov_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: State Controller's Office (0840)

The Controller is also a member of various boards and commissions, including the Board of Equalization, the Franchise Tax Board, the Commission on State Mandates, the State Lands Commission, the Pooled Money Investment Board, and assorted bond finance committees.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_07_0840_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Secretary of State

For instance, in order to have the federal funds achieve the maximum benefit, the Legislature may wish to consider whether counties should contribute matching funds. (Counties had such a requirement to rec eive voter machine replacement funds provided by Proposition  41 in March  2002.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_10_0890_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Employment Development Department (7100)

These deficits are projected to occur despite the use of the F+ tax schedule in 2004 and 2005. Tax Rate Schedules . During 2001 and 2002, tax rate schedule C was in effect, and the average tax rate was about 2.5  percent for California employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_19_7100_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)

In August 1999, an outbreak of Pierce's Disease, a bacteria that infects several plant species and can be particularly devastating to grape vines, was confirmed in the Temecula are a in southern Riverside County.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_21_8570_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Quality Improvement Fees

Ultimately, it is a policy call for the Legislature whether such a tax is an appropriate source of revenue to help support the Medi-Cal Program, or whether more general sources of revenue, such as the income or sales tax, are a more appropriate basis for providing financial support of health care for the poor.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_05_cc_qif_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Indigent Adult Program

We discuss the so-called "poison pill " provisions of realignment that could affect VLF revenues in our discussion of "Tax Relief " (Item 9100) provisions of the budget plan in the "General Government " chapter of this Analysis .
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_07_cc_IAP_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Aging

We would further note that this proposal stands in sharp contrast to the county block grant proposal discussed in the "Crosscutting Issues " section of this chapter. The proposed consolidation of aging programs does not involve income maintenance where devolution of such programs raises concerns about intercounty migr ation effects if counties establish varying grant levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_08_4170_anl04.htm