California Highway Patrol: Enhancing Road Patrol Service Through Efficiencies

Since the late 1990s, the total amount of time officers spend annually on accident-re lated investigations and reporting has increased about 170,000 hours (25  percent), from 680,000 hours in 1999 to 850,000 hours in 2003 —the equivalent of approximately 98 personnel-years (full-time officer positions).
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/chp/chp_013105.htm

LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: Education, Intersegmental: Financial Aid

Moreover, this program is now an entitlement for recent high school graduates who are younger than 24 years old. To receive a Cal Grant A awa rd, students must meet both academic and financial criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/education/hied_05_Intersegmental_aid_anl03.htm

2007-08: Overview of the Governor’s Budget

Compared to cutting K –14 apportionments and creating a new out –year obligation, such action holds schools and community colleges harmless and does not create any new out –year obligations. LAO Plan Reduces Existing Out –Year Obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/budget_overview/08-09_budget_ov.aspx

LAO Education

Report The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML November 17, 2021 - Each year, the state calculates a “minimum guarantee” for school and community college funding based upon a set of formulas established by Proposition 98 (1988).
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=0&year=0&page=10

Summary of LAO Findings and Recommendations on the 2013-14 Budget

If restarted, establish fees to recover the full cost of accreditation activities. 3-21-13 Reject the Governor’s January proposal to limit the funding determination process to the first and third years of a charter school’s operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/laoapp/budgetlist/PublicSearch.aspx?PolicyAreaNum=32&Department_Number=-1&KeyCol=0&Yr=2013

Various changes to charter school petitions and oversight.

Mar 19, 2013 - The SGP is a federal initiative that provides startup grants to charter schools on a per-school basis. A statewide charter school whose sites are considered separate schools can submit a funding application for each school, while a countywide charter school recognized as one school —even with multiple sites —can submit only one application.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/729

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill General Government Departmental Issues 3

Thus, the size of the home loan portfolio declined by about 3,200 loans and $90  million during 1998 to end the calendar year with a portfolio of 34,653 loans. That amounts to an 8.5  percent drop in the number of Cal-Vet loans, and a 4.1  percent drop in the dollar amount of its mortgage pool, in one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/general_govt/general_govt_depts3_anl99.html

^[PDF] Continuation of Foster Youth Services Program

Currently, $1.5 million is allocated to fi ve school districts and $13.6 million is allocated to 49 county offi ces of education (COEs) to provide FYS.  Governor. Included all FYS funding in school district and COE Local Control Funding Formulas (LCFF).  Senate.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2013/FYS-Program-Continuation-060413.pdf

^[PDF] UPDATE

Third strik- ers, on the other hand, receive sentences of at least 25 years to life, and thus none of these offenders has been released on parole. It is important to remember that the Three Strikes law did not establish new crimes but rather simply provided for longer prison sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/cal_update/oct_99_calupdate.pdf

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Major Expenditure Proposals In the 2007-08 Budget

Combined with the school transportation risk, the Legislature could be facing more than $1 billion in additional K-14 Proposition 98 General Fund obligation relative to the Governor’s budget. Reducing Current-Year Spending Could Be Major Part of Budget Solution.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/2007_pandi/pi_05_anl07.aspx