Retiree Health Care: A Growing Cost For Government [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2006 - The costs of providing health care to retired state employees and their dependents—now approaching $1 billion per year—are increasing significantly. Many other public employers (including the University of California, school districts, cities, and counties) face similar pressures. This report discusses health benefits provided to retired public employees, focusing on state retirees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1382

The 1992-93 Budget: Perspectives and Issues [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 1992 - Even if recovery from the recession is now underway, as anticipated by the 1992-93 Governor’s Budget, state revenues will not be sufficient to both pay off the accumulated budget deficits and fund state services at current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/187

A New Blueprint for California School Facility Finance [Publication Details]

May 1, 2001 - When the state issues a bond to pay part of the cost of constructing and remodeling schools, school districts are unsure when and how much funding will be available, or what rules will govern eligibility. We recommend that the state identify the average cost of providing educational facilities and provide a share of this amount to every school district as an annual, per-pupil, facilities grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/801

Advancing Transportation Projects To Stimulate the Economy: An Alternative Approach [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2008 - Advancing Transportation Projects To Stimulate the Economy: An Alternative Approach [Publication Details] Advancing Transportation Projects To Stimulate the Economy: An Alternative Approach Format: HTML Description: As part of his 2008–09 special session package, the Governor proposed to speed up construction of $822 million in planned state transportation projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1900

Remarks to the National Association of State Budget Officers Annual Conference [Publication Details]

Jul 16, 1984 - Remarks to the National Association of State Budget Officers Annual Conference [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3127

^[PDF] Major Milestones: Over Four Decades of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship

Guaranteed state support for a base funding level for school districts. Requires the state to reimburse local governments for new state-mandated programs. Set property tax rate at 1 percent, cutting local government property taxes by over half.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2012/state-local-fiscal-relationship-112912.pdf

^[PDF] State Reimbursement of Mandated Local Costs: A Review of Statutes Funded in 1987

The benefits produced by the mandate are not worth the cost to the state. The state funded the arbitration program as an experi- ment to determine whether the program could lower state and local court costs by reducing the number of cases requiring trials.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1988/544_0488_state_reimbursement_of_mandated_costs.pdf

^[PDF] The Master Plan at 50: Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities

The Master Plan created CSU out of the state teacher colleges, which had been under the state Department of Education. Today, CSU comprises 23 campuses and is governed by an appointed Board of Trustees.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/regional_access/regional_access_021411.pdf

^[PDF] Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 1)

These penalties are assessed by state agencies, typically paid to the state, and intended to improve compliance with labor law by making violations costlier for employers. State Law Allows Employees to File Wage Claims With Labor Commissioner.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170607.pdf

^[PDF] State Budget Update, Provided to the California Association of School Business Officials

State Budget Update, Provided to the California Association of School Business Officials Jennifer Kuhn Legislative Analyst’s Office November 21, 2008
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2008/State_Budget_Update_112108.pdf