^[PDF] HMOs and Rural California

In preparing this report, we obtained infor- mation from a variety of sources: ➢ We conducted interviews with repre- sentatives of a diverse set of key players in the rural health care com- munity, including beneficiaries, health operated health care systems, the California Medical Association, health policy researchers, state health care programs such as the Medi-Cal Program and
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/hmos_rural_ca/8-02_hmos_rural_ca.pdf

Building Standards in Higher Education

(There are another 276 lane-miles of HOV lanes in the remainder of the state.) The network of HOV lanes in the Los Angeles area includes one 16-mile stretch on Route 14, as shown in Figure  1 (see next page).
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/hov/0402_hov_lanes.html

An Overview of California's Manufacturers' Investment Credit

In this view the competition among states in offering various tax incentives represents a form of “prisoners’ dilemma”—in which each state would be better off if none offered such incentive s. If one state does offer them, however, it is in the interest of other states to do the same.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/mic/120502_Manufacturers_Investment_Credit.html

LAO 2002 Recommended Legislation: Transportation

Rationale Single occupant vehicles make less efficient use of state highway capacity than carpools or buses. Charging drivers for the cost of driving, through the use of tolls, can encoura ge people to use alternatives to driving alone.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/reco_legislation/recleg_transportation.html

California Spending Plan 2002: Chapter 3

Under current law, nonresidents of the state are required to withhold for tax purposes 3.5  percent of the purchase price of commercial property. The budget agreement would expand the withholding requirement on commercial sales to state residents , resulting in a one-time revenue of $225  million for 2002-03.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/spend_plan_02/0902_spend_plan_chap_3.html

President's Welfare Reform Reauthorization Plan—Fiscal Effect on California

Another option is to fund the higher costs from the state's General Fund, and thus spend above the state's MOE requirement. Finally, the state could elect to shift funding within the program from cash grants to employ ment services and child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/welfare_reform/0402_welfare_reform.html

^[PDF] Comments on the Administration’s Spending Limit Proposal

Proposition 98 would only “crowd out” non- Proposition 98 funding under the proposed limit if (1) local property tax reve- nues slowed significantly, (2) the state chose to over-appropriate the mini- mum guarantee, or (3) the student population started to grow faster than state population.
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/admin_spending_limit/120103_admin_spending_limit_proposal.pdf

^[PDF] The 2003-04 Assembly Budget Bill AB 100 (Oropeza)

The budget-year amount reflects program savings, elimination of the VLF backfill, issuance of pension obligation bonds, realignment of certain programs to local governments, accounting changes, and the use of federal funds. !
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/asm_floor/Asm_Floor_Packet_0602203.pdf

An Overview of California's Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit

For the 2002 tax year, the state had 39 designated EZs as shown on the following page in Figure A-1.  
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/ent_zones/ezones_1203.htm

^[PDF] The Distribution of K-12 Education General Purpose Funds

Unemployment Insurance (UI) The Education Code requires the state to pay district UI costs that exceed the amount incurred by the district in 1975-76. This “additional cost” mechanism was put in place because state courts determined that UI costs constituted a state-mandated local cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/k12_fund_distribution/K12_General_Purpose_Funds_122203.pdf