The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Beyond workforce considerations, UC campuses also often seek to gro w graduate enrollment proportionate to undergraduate enrollment. This practice ensures campuses have an adequate number of teaching and research assistants to accommodate the higher level of undergraduate courses and faculty workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

Review of the California Competes Tax Credit

Oct 31, 2017 - In the case of California Competes, we are struck by how awarding benefits to a select gro up of businesses harms their competitors in California. We also think the resources consumed by the program are not as focused as they should be on winning economic development competitions with other states to attract major employers that sell to customers around the country and the world.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3709

Existing state tuberculosis (TB) control funding should be used to address TB control mandate.

May 12, 2014 - On October 27, 2011, the  CSM determined that the following provisions of TB control laws (see Figure 1 below for full list of statutes) constituted state-reimbursable mandates: For LHOs... (1) Reviewing treatment plans submitted by health facilities within 24 hours of receipt and (2) notifying the medical officer of a state parole region when there are reasonable gro unds to believe that a parolee with TB has ceased TB treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/806

Governor's proposal to suspend tuberculosis (TB) control mandate

Apr 4, 2013 - On October 27, 2011, the CSM determined that the following provisions of TB control laws (see Figure 1 below for full list of statutes) constituted state-reimbursable mandates:   For LHOs … (1) Reviewing treatment plans submitted by health facilities within 24 hours of receipt and (2) notifying the medical officer of a state parole region when there are reasonable gro unds to believe that a parolee with TB has ceased TB treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/741

LAO Publications

We es timate, however, that the annual fiscal impact after 2006-07 will be substantially more than shown in administration estimates because its projections assume (1) relatively low gro wth in the statutory pay formula for CHP officers, (2) no increases in state health premium costs after 2007-08, and (3) no change in required employer retirement contribution rate s.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=127&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

We es timate, however, that the annual fiscal impact after 2006-07 will be substantially more than shown in administration estimates because its projections assume (1) relatively low gro wth in the statutory pay formula for CHP officers, (2) no increases in state health premium costs after 2007-08, and (3) no change in required employer retirement contribution rate s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=127&year=0&publicationType=0

Overview of the 2002-03 Governor's Budget

Indeed, many of the budget's proposals, such as the securitization of future tobacco settlement revenues, the delay in retirement fund contributions, and the borrowings from special funds, would increase out-year expenditures and thu s, aggravate the already-projected future imbalances between revenues and expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/budget_overview/2002-03_bud_overview.html

California's Fiscal Outlook: LAO Projections, 2002-03 Through 2007-08

The shortfall would be greater if economic gro wth stalled out and even a mild downturn were to develop.   Weak Business Spending Behind Drop In Taxable Sales Although the plunge in PIT receipts has been the single most significant state revenue development during the past two years, California taxable sales have also fallen sharply during this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_2002.html

The Role of Water Transfers in Meeting California's Water Needs

Specifically, we recommend that statutory criteria related to the economic impacts of transfers apply to a broader gro up of transfers than currently and that there be more comprehensive protection of groundwater resources affected by transfers.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/090899_water_transfers/090899_water_transfers.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Transportation Departmental Issues

Other agencies, however, have not received such adjustments, and thu s will either have freed up funds for other purposes as their allocated costs decrease, or will have to redirect resources to cover higher CHP assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/transportation/transportation_depts1_anl99.html