2000 Budget Perspectives: State Revenues

Since 1994-95, total annual receipts have climbed from $42 bil lion to over $67 billion this year. This $25 billion increase has occurred despite significant tax relief enacted during the period. After adjusting for law changes, underlying rev enues have grown by more than 10 percent annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part3/part3_pandi00.html

^[PDF] 2000 Budget Perspectives and Issues: An Overview State Expenditures

This compares to $3.5 billion in the current year and $2.7 billion in the prior year. The majority of the budget-year bond fund expenditures (about $2 billion) is for various local assistance projects such as K-12 school con- struction and transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part4a/pandi_pt4a_2000.pdf

2000 Budget Perspectives: Overview of State Expenditures

The increased funds have been used for enrollment growth, cost-of-living adjustments, and such education-relate d initiatives as class size reduction, lengthened school years, school district equalization, and school reforms.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part4a/part4a_pandi00.html

2000 Budget Analysis: Cap Outlay UC 6440

Furthermore, if the campus operated year-round or otherwise increased space utilization beyond the guidelines, there would be even less need for this proposal. Deletion of this project would free up $4.2 million in the current yea r and $43 million in future years for higher-priority projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/cap_outlay/co_13_UC_6440_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: Cap Outlay DOJ 0820

Given the history of this project and the current schedule, construction funds are not needed in the budget year. Further more, the Legislature has no information to substantiate the need for the requested amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/cap_outlay/co_4_DOJ_0820_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: Cap Outlay CHP 2720

In essence, the Legislature has no mor e information than was available last year. Consequently, we recommend the Legislature delete the $2,372,000 for this project under Item 2720-301-0044 (4). The proposal may warrant legislative consideration if the administration expedites the project schedule to complete the site acquisition and preliminary plans before budget hearings are completed.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/cap_outlay/co_7_CHP_2720_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: Cap Outlay DPR/DMH/CDC

Of the 40 major capital outlay projects in the budget, 25 were previously funded for preliminary plans and/or working drawings. The budget proposes to fund the working drawings and /or construction phases for these 25 projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/cap_outlay/co_depts1_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: CJ DOJ 0820

The reason for these limited results is that DO J had difficulty filling the positions during the first year and was not able to fill all positions until the second year of the program. Consequently, the program has been operati ng with full staff for less than one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/crim_justice/cj_11_DOJ_0820_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: CJ Overview

The largest is $100 million for a new one-time grant program in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning to provide funds to local law enforcement agencies for technology and equipment ($75 million) and school safety, juvenile crime, and anti-gang efforts ($25 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/crim_justice/cj_1_ov_anl00.htm

2000 Budget Analysis: CJ Leg Oversight

However, many of these required reports are now overdue--in one case by almost three years. Figure 1 (see next page) lists the departments, overdue reports, and their due dates. The lack of information hinders the Legislature's ability to evaluate the departments' budget needs, assess their performance, hold the departments accountable for their performanc e, and develop new policy initiatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/crim_justice/cj_3_cc_leg_oversight_anl00.htm