Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In 2022 ‑23, a total of 731 students at CDCR earned their first associate degree. The average time to degree for these students was about nine years. Funding In this section, we explain how community college programs, including those offered at state prisons, are funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Under the state ’s current policy to pay for retiree health benefits, (1)  the state and employees each contribute an amount of money —established as a percentage of pay through the collective bargaining process —to prefund the benefits employees earn today and (2)  the state pays the costs of the benefit for current retirees on a pay-as-you-go basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - Third, the proposed process to allow the administration to move forward with changes to funded projects without legislative approval would diminish the Legislature ’s control over how funds are spent and could result in the funding of projects that are not consistent with legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Third, the proposed process to allow the administration to move forward with changes to funded projects without legislative approval would diminish the Legislature ’s control over how funds are spent and could result in the funding of projects that are not consistent with legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - The state has invested many billions of dollars in its infrastructure assets, which play critical roles in the state ’s economy. Moreover, when repairs to key building and infrastructure components are put off, facilities can eventually require more expensive investments, such as emergency repairs (when systems break down), capital improvements (such as major rehabilitation), or replacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration ’s estimate does not take into account that money today is more valuable than money in the future (often referred to as the “time value of money ”) through a technique called discounting future cash flows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Take Into Account Time Value of Money. The analyses should apply a reasonable discount rate that takes into account that dollars in the future are worth less than those today. Evaluate Key Alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This budget approach leaves the Legislature without a clear understanding as to how the segments will use their funding increases, and it raises the potential for some allocation decisions made by the segments to be poorly aligned with broader legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, the administration has not articulated how these various interventions fit together to motivate behavior change in a continuum through the prison system from admission to release. Without a clear theory of action, it is difficult to assess the overall logic of the activities being pursued un der the California Model and to identify any potential gaps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - We also continue to recommend that the administration provide additional information on its strategy for state buildings in the Sacramento area to inform future decisions on how to prioritize funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840