The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2022-23 Budget: Cybersecurity at the California Community Colleges

Mar 30, 2022 - Providing more state direction and support in these areas could lead to ov erall improvements in colleges ’ cybersecurity programs and processes. ...But Potential Issues With How New Oversight and Support Model Would Work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4582

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Given that DOJ is primarily responsible for allocation decisions that it could directly benefit from, it is important that the Legislature has the opportunity and necessary information to conduct ov ersight to ensure these litigation proceeds are used in a cost ‑effective and productive manner consistent with state law, legal agreements, and legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor's Wildfire-Related Proposals

Feb 21, 2020 - As an example of the costly nature of wildfire recovery, the state has made upfront payments of ov er $ 2  b illion to remove debris resulting from the Camp Fire; 90  p ercent of these eligible costs will be reimbursed by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4172

Mandatory Medi-Cal expansion cost estimates

May 17, 2014 - Without some of these additional details, we are not able to provide a more precise estimate of how this adjustment would affect the ov erall estimate of costs. We will work with the administration to provide an updated mandatory expansion cost estimate that reflects our recommended adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/808

Funding determination process for nonclassroom-based charter schools.

Mar 19, 2013 - Ov er time, the charter school ’s spending levels may become increasingly disconnected from the spending levels that were the basis for the funding determination. For example, a charter school that experiences r apid enrollment growth after its third year might make significant changes in spending allocations, while its funding determination remained tied to its third year of operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/730

LAO Publications

The state's juvenile detention facilities have remained virtually unchanged ov er the past 30 years, even though the types of juvenile offenders have become more violent and the number of offenders has increased.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=193&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

The state's juvenile detention facilities have remained virtually unchanged ov er the past 30 years, even though the types of juvenile offenders have become more violent and the number of offenders has increased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=193&year=0&publicationType=0

Overhauling the State's Infrastructure

The ten-year report does not show funding priorities or evaluate which programs should be funded ov er the ten-year period. As a result, this report also falls short of being a useful long-term planning document.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/122198_infrastructure/1298_state_infrastructure.html

Fiscal Effect on California: Pending Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

Based on preliminary CBO projections, we estimate that the combined effect of the various changes would be a net reduction of about $1 billion in federal outlays ov er the next five years (2006-2010).
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/deficit_reduction/deficit_reduction_012006.html