General Government Table of Contents
LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill

Overview

• Spending by Major Program
• Shared Revenues
• Tax Relief
• Local Government Financing
• Regulatory Activities
• Tax Collection Programs
• State Administrative Functions
• State Retirement Programs
• Employee Compensation

Crosscutting Issues

• The Year 2000 ("Y2K") Computer Problem
• What Is the Y2K Problem?
• How Can the Problem Be Fixed?
• The State's Y2K Program
• What Will it Cost?
• Analyst's Assessment of the Administration's Program
• What Should the Legislature Do?

Departmental Issues

• Consumer Affairs (1110-1600)
• Smog Check Program
• Current Smog Check Program
• Vehicle Repair Assistance and Purchase Programs
• Enhanced Smog Check
• Current-Year Expenditure Controls
• Department of Motor Vehicle Fee Collections
• Call Center Augmentations Not Justified
• General Fund Call Center Augmentation
• Barbering and Cosmetology Workload
• Smog Check Augmentation
• Other Issues
• Barbering and Cosmetology Augmentations Unnecessary
• State Funding for Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Laboratory Upgrades Inappropriate
• Implementation Plan for Chapter 401, Statutes of 1997 Not Complete
• Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Program
• Department Should Report on Status of Year 2000 Modifications
• Fair Employment and Housing (1700)
• Management Improvements Required Before Consideration of Further Staffing Increases
• Alcoholic Beverage Control (2100)
• Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund Condition-- Longer Term Solution Warranted
• Request for Nondocumented Alien Workload Premature
• Department of Industrial Relations (8350)
• The Targeted Industries Partnership Program Should Not Be Funded From General Fund
• Joint Enforcement Strike Force Should Also Not Be Funded by General Fund
• Eliminate Managed Care Unit
• Reduce Requested Increase for Rent
• Wage Law Enforcement on Public Works Contracts
• Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)
• Food Safety Program Not Defined
• Domestic Parcels Inspection Program
• Agricultural Export Program Augmentation Not Necessary
• Marketing Campaign Not Necessary
• Laboratory Contract Cost Increase
• Fair Political Practices Commission (8620)
• Court Ruling on Proposition 208 Brings Spending Plan into Question
• Board of Equalization (0860)
• Request for Funding to Implement Legislation Is Premature
• The BOE Audit Programs
• Franchise Tax Board (1730)
• Augmentation for Workload Growth Not Justified
• Separate Preprinted Labels for Tax Returns
• Department Expects to Miss Critical Failure Date for Year 2000 Implementation
• Franchise Tax Board Tax Audit Program

• Department of Information Technology (0505)
• Department Still Needs to Develop Information Technology Policies
• Project Cost and Schedule Estimates Are Rarely Accurate
• The DOIT's Advocacy Role Conflicts With Oversight Responsibilities
• State Civil Service Classifications Still Need Reforming
• Department Continues to Be Leader On Year 2000 Conversion
• The DOIT Needs to Develop Data Center Configuration Policy
• Health and Welfare Agency Data Center (4130)
• Data Center Operations
• State Should Increase Expertise of State Staff
• Acquisition of Data Center Building Premature
• Data Center Should Seek Review
• Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS)
• Background
• Requested Reports Not Received
• Implementation Status of the SAWS Consortia
• Welfare Case Data System Lacks Welfare Reform Policies and Oversight
• Statewide Automated Child Support System (SACSS)
• Child Support Project Canceled; New Project Offers Opportunities, Challenges
• County Child Support Systems Need Upgrading for Year 2000
• Child Welfare Services Case Management System (CWS/CMS)
• Contract Increases Not Justified
• Other Issues
• Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System (SFIS) Expansion Not Justified
• Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) System Delayed
• Automated Tape Library Not Yet Justified
• Year 2000 Funding Request Not Yet Justified

• Office of Emergency Services (0690)
• The OES Should Retain Law Enforcement Coordination Responsibilities
• Disaster Claims Processing to Stay at OES
• State Controller (0840)
• Statewide Travel Reimbursement Project Not Mission Critical
• Additional Information Needed for Local Government Reporting System
• Secretary of State (0890)
• Slowdown in Computer Project May Delay Repayment of State Loan
• Legal Ruling on Proposition 208 May Invalidate Funding Request
• Department of General Services (1760)
• Statewide Support Services
• Efforts on Surplus Property Warehouses Fall Short of Legislature's Direction
• Update on CALNET Procurement
• Department Unnecessarily Expanding Pilot
• Real Estate Services
• Surplus Property Assessments
• Housing and Community Development (2240)
• High Costs to Administer Homeless Grants
• Alien Verification Fee Plan Lacks Necessary Federal Guidance

• Trade and Commerce (2920)
• New and Expanded Foreign Offices
• Agency Should Set Priorities Within Existing Resources
• Department of Finance (8860)
• Highlighting Information Technology Expenditures in the Budget
• Audit of Data Centers Due to Be Published Soon
• Office of Administrative Law (8910)
• No Funding Proposed to Meet Statutory Requirement
• Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans' Homes of California (8955-8965)
• Time to Rethink State Approach to Veterans' Assistance
• Serious Deficiencies in Care Found at Yountville Home
• Yountville Budget Includes Funds For Computers, More Hospital Beds
• Many Barstow Home Beds Still Vacant Two Years After Its Doors Have Opened
• Interest Payments to The Federal Government (9625)
• State's Interest Obligation Is in Dispute
• Control Section 24.10
• Penalty Assessment Fund
• Budget Proposes to Modify Distribution of Penalty Assessments
• Health and Dental Benefits For Annuitants (9650)
• Budget-Year Costs Are Uncertain

• Augmentation for Employee Compensation (9800)
• New Collective Bargaining
• Strengthen Legislature's
• Control Section 3.60
• Public Employees' Retirement System Employer Contribution Rates
• Tax Relief (9100)
• Proposal to Eliminate Renters' Credit
• Commission on State Mandates (8885)
• $4 Million Cost for Late Budgets
• Local Government Financing (9210)