Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - We did not hear the same level of challenges from colleges that provide instruction via correspondence education. Several Colleges Are Piloting Online Models That Appear Promising. With the recent distribution of laptops to students, community colleges and CDCR have an opportunity to rethink how instruction is delivered to students from a distance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The goals of the outreach effort are to (1)  improve labor law compliance among individuals and families who employ domestic workers in their home and (2)  increase domestic workers ’ awareness of their employment protections under state law and how to recover unpaid wages from their employer if labor law violations occur.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion. Total reserves has three components: $18   Billion in the BSA. Under the Governor ’s estimates and the constitutional rules of Proposition  2, the state is required to make a nearly $ 2  b illion deposit into its constitutional reserve, the BSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Agreements Shift General Fund Costs From Retiree Health Prefunding to Pension Liabilities. Proposition  2 (2014) requires the state to spend a specified amount of money (determined through a budgetary formula) each year towards eligible liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - As it formulates these policies and reviews specific project funding proposals from the administration, we recommend that the Legislature focus on pursuing those projects that save the state money over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

May 15, 2018 - Prior to making future allocations of funds from the above deferred maintenance account, we recommend the Legislature seek information from the administration regarding what factors led to the accumulation of deferred maintenance at individual departments, as well as what longer-term plans departments have developed to ensure that appropriate ongoing maintenance is sustained so that deferred maintenance does not continue to accumulate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709