^[PDF] 080597.indd

(An SSR is an in-person review with a county caseworker and would be a condition of eligibility for the entire family.) Savings of $59.7 million from ap- plying SSRs to all cases who are not meeting fed- eral participation requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2008/CalWORKs_Major_Issues.pdf

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

2001 Budget Analysis: School Accountability

The Academic Performance Index (API) is the cornerstone of the PSAA. Its purpose is to measure a school's academic performance and the growth in performance over time. Recently, the second annual set of API scores was released, allowing the first API growth scores to be calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_10_sch_acct_anl01.htm

^[PDF] Next Steps for Improving State Accountability for Alternative Schools

The state sets annual API “growth targets” for schools scoring below 800, produces a statewide API ranking of all schools, and develops a “similar schools” API ranking to compare demographically alike schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/edu/alt-ed/improving-accountability-051615.pdf

2001 Budget Analysis: K-12 Databases

The API Student-Level Database May Have Great Potential We withhold recommendation on the $5 million Academic Performance Index (API) database proposal because of the significant number of unanswered questions about how the API database will operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_12_Databases_anl01.htm

^[PDF] Improving High Schools: A Strategic Approach

This limited success also suggests that there are few other incentives com- pelling secondary and postsecondary vocational education to coordinate. An evaluation of the Tech-Prep program published in 2004 supports this conclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/high_schools/improving_hs_050905.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 2001 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

By com- parison, 34 percent of the reviewed instruction was graded as low quality for German classrooms, and 11 percent for Japanese classrooms. The study also found that new teachers in the U.S received less on-the-job training, less mentoring, and less preparation time than teachers in Germany or Japan.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_anl01.pdf