The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - This has the effect of: (1)  reducing the size of the budget problem on paper, and (2)  obscuring the proposed solution in the documents presented to the Legislature as part of the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - For instance, in May 2020, nearly 18,000 CANS assessments had been completed in an automated system, but our understanding is that more assessments had been completed in paper form. Exactly how many assessments have been completed in total, however, is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - For example, even though initial credential fee waivers were available in 2021 ‑22, many new teachers submitted paper applications and payments by mail. By November 30, 2021, CTC  had more than 10,000 credential fees that then needed to be manually processed and reimbursed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556