The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Unrealized Savings From Transferring Behavioral Health Treatment (BHT) Costs to Private Health Insurance. Increase of $44 million General Fund because of unrealized savings related to the transfer of BHT costs from RCs to private health insurance for individuals with autism who have private health insurance coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/human-services/hs-analysis-021215.aspx

Implementation Update: Reforming Transfer From CCC to CSU

Developing Transfer Curricula for Specialized Majors Faculty Develop Separate Transfer Curricula for a Few Majors. Several popular transfer majors do not easily fit into the 60 –60 framework established by transfer reform.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/edu/reforming-transfer/reforming-transfer-020215.aspx

Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State’s Lost & Found Program

Clean errors in data, such as misspelled cities. Increasing Holder Compliance Decrease 12  percent penalty for noncompliance. Investigators Automatic Payments to Tax Filers Wisconsin Program Will Return Property Without Owners Filing Claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/Unclaimed-Property/unclaimed-property-021015.aspx

Understanding California’s Sales Tax

The physical transfer of fuel associated with the purchase, however, occurs later in other cities and counties throughout the state. Transactions and Use Taxes. As described earlier in this report, many cities and counties levy optional local sales taxes known as TUTs.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/sales-tax/understanding-sales-tax-050615.aspx

An Analysis of the Beverage Container Recycling Program

Payments to local governments Payments to city and county governments for beverage container recycling and litter reduction activities. Plastic Market Development (PMD) payments Payments to California processors for making plastic bottles ready for manufacturing and manufacturers for using recycled plastic.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/res/recycling/beverage-container-042915.aspx

^[PDF] Most notably, federal rules limit state authority to regulate

Most notably, federal rules limit state authority to regulate employer-sponsored health benefits, particularly for employers who “self-insure” by assuming the financial risk associated with their employees’ health care rather than transferring the risk to a health insurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/letters/2022/Cooley-Cunningham-CalCare-031722.pdf

^[PDF] ERF Grants Round 1 Awards (In Millions) Jurisdiction Award

ERF Grants Round 1 Awards (In Millions) Jurisdiction Award Amount City of Fresno $5.0 City of Richmond 4.9 City of Oakland 4.7 City of Berkeley 4.7 City of Salinas 4.1 Orange County 3.7 Santa Barbara County 2.5 Santa Cruz County 2.4 City of San Jose 2.1 City of Redwood
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2023/Homelessness-Augmentations-Oversight-022223.pdf

LAO Education

We recommend the Legislature transfer 17 programs into revenue limits, including 14 proposed by the Governor, plus two class size reduction programs and deferred maintenance. We propose redirecting the remaining programs in the Governor’s proposal into a professional development block grant, or a restructured Economic Impact Aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=5&year=0&page=39

California Travels: Financing Our Transportation

(Through 2007-08, a portion of the annual Proposition  42 transfer first will be used to fund projects in the Traffic Congestion Relief Program.) Proposition  42 allowed the transfer to be suspended under certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/ca_travels/ca_travels_012607.aspx

California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer

Of felony cases that do not go to jury trial, 80 percent are plea-bargained and 20 percent result in acquittals, dismissals, or transfers. For misdemeanor cases, approximately 70 percent of cases that do not go to trial lead to a guilty plea by the defendant.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/cj_primer/cj_primer_013107.aspx