A proposed statutory initiative related to felony sentencing (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2015 - Offenders whose requests for resentencing are denied by the courts would continue to serve out their life te rms as they were originally sentenced. Other Provisions. Under the measure, serious and violent felonies committed before the implementation of the three strikes law would no longer be considered when courts are deciding whether to sente nce an offender as a second or third striker.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-048

Year Round Operation in Higher Education

Even if popular campuses required students to attend at least some summer te rms, demand for enrollment would likely remain high. Summer terms, then, would increase access to high-demand campuses. Summer Pricing Practices Contradict Basic Economics Businesses typically charge customers less during periods of off-peak demand than they charge during peak periods.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/021299_year_round.html

Supplement D: California Tax Policy and the Internet

Under this view, fi rms would have nexus wherever their ISP had a physical presence. Some continue this line of reasoning to argue that telecommunications firms act as agents for ISPs, implying that all firms doing business over the Internet would have nexus in all states.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/013100_inet_tax/013100_internet_sup2.html

^[PDF] The Governor's Health Care Plan: State Fiscal Risks and Issues--October 2007

The following table reports recent spending by California fi rms on health care costs, weighted by number of employees. An alternative measure, averaged across fi rms regardless of fi rm size, indicates that fi rms on average spend 13.8 percent of Social Security wages on health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Health/2007/Gov_Health_10_31_07.pdf

^[PDF] Other Possible Revenue Sources for Medi-Cal and Developmental Services

These reductions benefi t specifi c fi rms or industries, but benefi ts for California as a whole often are diffi cult to discern. Changes to Tax Credits and Other Tax Expenditures
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/health/2015/Other-Possible-Revenue-Sources-Medi-Cal-Developmental-Services-070915.pdf

^[PDF] Assessing the Governor's Employment Training Initiative

The ETP generally targets fi rms that train incumbent workers, not unemployed individuals. Additionally, the proposed program design would allow a busi- ness to obtain the incentive payment for a new hire, while poten- tially decreasing its total employment.  Imposition of New Taxes on Some Employers Is Problem- atic.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2010/Employment_Training_02_03_10.pdf

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State law affi rms this commitment specifi cally with regard “…to provide an appropriate place in California public higher education for every student who is willing and able to benefi t from attendance.”
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/whitepapers/chapter620-2012-032515.pdf

^[PDF] A Required Report on Student Fee Transparency and Accountability

State law affi rms this commitment specifi cally with regard “…to provide an appropriate place in California public higher education for every student who is willing and able to benefi t from attendance.”
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3416/student-fee-040616.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: The Regulation of Electricity Act

However, the measure does not specify the extent to which CPUC would regulate ESP rates and te rms of service. The measure does specifically provide that CPUC’s regulation of ESPs include the enforcement of requirements related to energy procurement, resource adequacy, ene rgy efficiency, demand response, and RPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050130.htm

1999 Initiative Analysis: Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Initiative

The proposal sets forth procedures by which victims of identity theft can notify certain private and government entities to request they not release the victim's personal identifyi ng information to third-party direct marketing firms and outlines the procedures by which a victim can later consent to have identifying information released to direct marketing fi rms.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990876_INT.html