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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget BillLegislative Analyst's Office
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The Military Department is responsible for the command and management of the California Army and Air National Guard. To support its operations, the department maintains 118 armories and 32 maintenance operations throughout the state. Most of these facilities were built before 1960. The Governor's budget proposes $12.2 million of capital outlay expenditures for the department—$5 million from the General Fund and $7.2 million of federal funds. Most of this funding is for the Union Armory in Bakersfield.
We have no issues with the Governor's budget requests and recommend their approval. Below, we discuss the administration's 2003 infrastructure plan for the department and significant projects that may require funding in the future.
In the 2003 California Five Year Infrastructure Plan, the department identified a need for $422 million of capital outlay between 2003-04 and 2007-08 (see Figure 1). The bulk of these funds relate to the renovation or replacement of existing armories. Federal funds are a significant source of funds for the department's capital outlay program.
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Military
Department |
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(In Thousands) |
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2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
Total |
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Needs
Identified by Military Department |
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Critical
infrastructure |
$9,462 |
$19,348 |
$12,334 |
— |
— |
$41,144 |
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Enrollment/caseload/ |
1,963 |
12,055 |
— |
— |
— |
14,018 |
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Facility/infrastructure |
9,099 |
5,863 |
— |
— |
— |
14,962 |
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Workload
space |
6,944 |
22,747 |
17,830 |
$25,527 |
$91,171 |
155,097 |
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Workload
space |
13,334 |
72,155 |
62,288 |
22,104 |
17,299 |
187,180 |
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Totals |
$40,802 |
$132,168 |
$92,452 |
$47,631 |
$108,470 |
$421,523 |
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Projects
Scheduled for Funding |
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Critical
infrastructure |
$8,262 |
$12,733 |
$12,344 |
— |
— |
$33,329 |
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Enrollment/caseload/ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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Facility/infrastructure |
— |
14,962 |
— |
— |
— |
14,962 |
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Workload
space |
— |
8,699 |
28,862 |
$30,676 |
$91,168 |
159,405 |
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Workload
space |
11,274 |
62,062 |
28,316 |
15,987 |
17,299 |
134,938 |
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Totals |
$19,536 |
$98,456 |
$69,512 |
$46,663 |
$108,457 |
$342,634 |
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General
Fund |
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$138,460 |
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Federal
funds |
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204,174 |
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Approved
in 2003-04 and Proposed in 2004-05 |
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Totals |
$32,820 |
$12,251 |
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We recommend the department provide the Legislature more information about the impact the war on terrorism may have on the department's capital outlay funding needs.
The Military Department manages the Army and Air National Guard. The National Guards' historical roles have been to supplement regular armed forces in the event of foreign conflict, and to provide manpower and equipment to respond to natural and civil emergencies in the state.
With the increased specter of terrorism within the United States, it is not clear if or how the National Guards' role might be changed or expanded and if there may be substantial state cost increases for department facilities in the future. We recommend the department brief the Legislature during budget hearings on how it foresees the war on terrorism affecting its activities and facilities, and the capital outlay costs this may impose on the state.