Legislative Analyst's Office
February 22, 1995

Major Issues and Overview

Departmental Issues

Department of Transportation

• Overview and Legislative Oversight
• Highway Transportation
• Mass Transportation

Resources

• Full Chapter in Adobe Acrobat Format
• Major Issues and Overview
  
• Crosscutting Issues and Departments through 3540
  
• Departments Beginning with 3560
  

Health and Social Services

Major Issues and Overview

Departmental Issues

• California Medical Assistance (Medi-Cal) Program

  • Caseloads and Expenditures; Optional Benefits
  • County Administrative Claims; Copayments and Drugs; Nursing Facility Rates
  • Managed Care

• Aid to Families With Dependent Children

Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Major Issues and Overview

Crosscutting Issues

• The Three Strikes and You're Out Law
  
• The Federal Crime Bill: An Update

Departmental Issues

Department of Corrections

• Overview and Inmate Population
• Inmate and Parole Population Management Issues
• Issues Related to Illegal Immigration
• Inmate Legal and Medical Issues
• The Joint Venture Program
• Administrative Issues

K-12 Education

Major Issues and Overview

Higher Education

Major Issues and Overview

Crosscutting Issues

• Higher Education Alternative Budget Proposals
  
• Higher Education Four-Year Plan
  
• UC and CSU Faculty Salaries
  
• Higher Education Outcome Measures

Departmental Issues

• University of California
  
• California State University
  
• California Community Colleges
  
• Student Aid Commission

Business and Labor

Major Issues and Overview

State Administration

Major Issues and Overview

Crosscutting Issues

Administration's Plan to Restructure State Information Technology Pending

-----Other Information Technology Issues in the Analysis

• Correctional Management Information System
• Department of Finance--Office of Information Technology
• Department of General Services Information Technology
• Health and Welfare Agency Data Center
• Health Services--Integrated Statewide Information System
• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Social Services
• Statewide Automated Welfare System
• Statewide Automated Child Support System
• Child Welfare Services/Case Management System
• Financial Aid Processing System
• Stephen P. Teale Data Center

Capital Outlay

Major Issues and Overview

Part One

Part Two

Part Three-Perspectives on State Revenues

Second Section (text only)

Part Four-Perspectives on State Expenditures

Second Section (text only)

Part Five: Major Issues Facing the Legislature

1. The Governor's Tax Proposal
• Summary and Introduction
  
• How Will Individual Taxpayers Be Affected?
  
• What About California's Tax Levels?
  
• How Will the Economy Be Affected By the Tax Proposal?
  Difficult Decisions Would Need to Be Made
  Should Other Alternatives Be Considered?
  
2. The Governor's 1995-96 State-County Realignment Proposal
   
3. Reinventing the State Civil Service

Part Six: Options for Balancing the 1995-96 Budget