^[PDF] An Analysis of the Beverage Container Recycling Program

A N L AO R E P O R T 4 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov Offsets Are Major Cost to BCRF and Do Not Clearly Support Goals. The state subsidizes recycling by making “processing payments” from the BCRF to recyclers and processors.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/res/recycling/beverage-container-042915.pdf

^[PDF] The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California

Employers with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees during the A N L AO R E P O R T 8 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov preceding calendar year face tax penalties: (1) if they do not offer health insurance coverage to at least 95 percent of their full-time equivalent employees plus their dependent children, or (2) if they offer coverage the ACA does not consider affordable or of minimum value.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3569/ACA-Landscape-021717.pdf

^[PDF] Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves

How Do Proposition 8 Properties Return to Their Proposition 13 Assessments? A property under reduced assessment returns to its Proposition 13 value in one of two ways. First, its market value increases faster than 2 percent each year until it exceeds the amount that its assessment would have been had its market value never declined.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/property-tax/property-tax-050514.pdf

^[PDF] Review of High-Speed Rail Draft 2016 Business Plan

These costs reflect estimated capital costs for the project and do not include certain other costs associated with building the system, such as financing and administrative costs. The plan assumes Phase I would be complete by 2029.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3394/HSR-Draft-Business-Plan-Review-031716.pdf

^[PDF] Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Housing programs such as vouchers, rent control, and inclusionary housing that do not add to the state’s housing stock do little to address these issues. Scarcity of Housing Undermines Housing Vouchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Reports/2016/3345/Low-Income-Housing-020816.pdf

^[PDF] Initial Review of CSU’s Early Start Program

Do the cut scores result in too many students identified as needing remediation? www.lao.ca.gov Legislative Analyst’s Office 7 A N L AO B R I E F A N L A O B R I E F 8 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov LAO Publications This brief was prepared by Jameel Naqvi and reviewed by Paul Golaszewski.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/early-start/CSU-Early-Start-011414.pdf

^[PDF] A Look at Voter-Approval Requirements for Local Taxes

In doing so, the Court defined a special tax as a tax levied for a specific purpose, as opposed to a tax used for general government purposes. (This ruling is hereafter referred to as the Farrell decision.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/local-taxes/voter-approval-032014.pdf

^[PDF] A Review of State Budgetary Practices for UC and CSU

This can create difficulty for some middle- and upper-income students enrolled during times of sharp increases, as these students do not qualify for state financial aid (which increases to match tuition increases).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/higher-ed-budgetary-practices/budgetary-practices-021114.pdf

^[PDF] Updated: An Overview of the Local Control Funding Formula

If the SPI, with approval of the SBE, would like to intervene in a persistently failing school district, he or she cannot do so unless the CCEE has provided assistance to the district and determined that intervention is necessary to improve the district’s performance. www.lao.ca.gov Legislative Analyst’s Office 19 A N L AO R E P O R T School Support, that currently provide assistance to low‑performing schools and districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/edu/lcff/lcff-072913.pdf

^[PDF] Over of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Over of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package www.lao.ca.gov Legislative Analyst’s Office 5 A N L AO B R I E F The California Transportation Commission (CTC) is to determine how to allocate the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3688/2017-transportation-package-060817.pdf