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

GAIN PROGRAM

Social workers are required to respond to reports of child abuse or neglect and to determine whether an in-person investigation is nec essary. Family Maintenance provides support services to prevent abuse or neglect while the child remains in his or her home.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgss3.html

The Tobacco Treatment and Health Care Act

This includes, but is not limited to, the following programs: payments for nicotine and nonnicotine therapies, substitution programs, and maintenance regimens; counseling services; nec essary health services for individual tobacco users participating in cessation programs, which are not otherwise covered by private or public health insurance programs; and "aggres sive" outreach
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990844_INT.html

^[PDF] A Review of the State's Plan to Integrate Hazardous Materials Databases

We are unable to provide the Legislature with an estimate of costs that might be in- curred by the state to ensure local participa- tion in the hazardous materials integrated database program proposed by the EAA because the report gives no information on (l) how many data elements ultimately would be standardized, (2) the extent to which hard- ware or software conversions would be
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1987/483_0987_review_of_plan_to_integrate_hazardous_materials_databases.pdf

2000 Budget Analysis: CJ Judicial 0250

Further, when agencies apply for approval for salary adjustments to DPA or SPB, the agency must be able to demonstrate that it has the nec essary resources to fund any increase from within its existing budget .
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/crim_justice/cj_10_Judicial_0250_anl00.htm

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

^[PDF] "School Choice Amendment"

. • Replaces the state’s constitutional funding guarantee for K-14 education (com- monly known as “Proposition 98") with an alternate minimum guarantee opera- ble under certain economic conditions. Hon.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990287_INT.pdf

^[PDF] "The National Average School Funding Guarantee and Parental Right to Choose Quality Education Amendment"

The State Controller’s Office estimates that the initiative would cost $12 million in one-time costs and $6 million annually for it to make the nec- essary calculations required by the measure, and to distribute checks to the parents of students receiving scholarships.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990773_INT.pdf

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