Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, we recommend the Chancellor ’s Office be required to report: the number of incarcerated FTE students served, broken out by instructional modality; course success rates, also broken out by instructional modality; term ‑to ‑term persistence rates; share of first ‑year cohorts that pass college ‑level math and English; and program completion rates (such as earning an associate degree or certificate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 10, 2016 - An even larger share of public high school graduates is eligible for freshman admission because not all eligible high school students choose to apply. (The state currently is conducting a study to estimate the overall share of students eligible for freshman admission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Apr 11, 2025 - If the failure-to-prison rate for a specific county felony supervision population is lower than the baseline rate, the county receives a share of state savings per person diverted —similar to the original SB  678 formula.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The state ’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), however, allows employees to also collect a share of penalties associated with labor law violations. Prior to PAGA, penalties associated with labor law violations could only be imposed as a result of a state-led investigation conducted by the Labor Commissioner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

A Ten-Year Perspective: California Infrastructure Spending [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2011 - Over the last decade, infrastructure costs have taken up a larger share of the state’s budget, yet the state’s infrastructure demands continue to grow. In this report, we summarize the state’s infrastructure spending and provide ideas for planning and funding future infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2509

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

Jan 14, 2019 - 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. The budget also proposes changes to counties ’ share of cost for locally established wages and how certain funds for social services and health programs are allocated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Feb 25, 2025 - In contrast, if the administration believes that SQRC will help motivate positive behavior change throughout the system, then perhaps the degree to which people report actively working to earn transfer to SQRC and the number that are successfully transferring there from higher ‑level institutions could be an indicator of success.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (UCL revenues generally consist of the state ’s share of litigation proceeds from cases related to unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business practices, as well as false or misleading advertising.) Repayment of this loan is required under certain circumstances, most notably if UCL funds are needed to support DOJ legal workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Challenges include requirements to acquire permits from multiple agencies and gaining funding commitments from other entities to share in project costs. For example, a major reason cited for delays in expending Proposition 1E funds is that flood control projects often require permitting and funding from multiple state, local, and federal entities, which can take years for individual projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519