Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - A first ‑come, first ‑served approach does not take into account whether a student already has a degree or has many years remaining on a sentence. Under this approach, students close to release who do not yet have a degree could be crowded out by students who already have a degree and/or have a significant amount of time left on their sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - New Bachelor ’s Degree Program. The administration has not provided data showing a demand for additional bachelor ’s degree program capacity systemwide. Accordingly, it is unclear whether adding a bachelor ’s degree program at SQRC would simply siphon some of the roughly 400 bachelor ’s degree students off of existing bachelor ’s
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The draft regulations also likely would affect a number of other Medi ‑Cal financing mechanisms, potentially resulting in additional state General Fund costs —and large operating deficits —in the billions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - This is important because the results of cost ‑benefit analyses can be highly dependent on the assumptions used since the benefits of ZNE projects —and to a lesser degree the costs —are likely to be generated over a period of many years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Some of these changes, such as counting more college preparatory work as college credit and reducing the required units for certain degrees, could reduce the need for some students to take certain courses, thereby freeing up space for other students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - However, without a reporting mechanism, the Legislature lacks access to the information on which projects are ultimately undertaken. This information is important for the Legislature to have to assess what was accomplished with deferred maintenance funds and ensure that departments complete projects that are consistent with its directives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs. These changes aim to address some of the shortcomings of the existing cost ‑sharing structure, but counties likely would have unmet costs in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916