Major Issues

Overview

• Budget Relies Heavily on Debt Financing
• Bond Funding and Debt Payments
• Debt Payments
• Debt Payments As a Percent of General Fund Revenue

Crosscutting Issues

• Infrastructure Planning And Financing
• Governor's Proposed Commission
• Managing the Capital Outlay Program
• Preliminary Plans Not Complete on Prior-Year Projects
• Defer Most New DGS-Managed Projects
• Partially Defer Some New DGS-Managed Projects
• Approve Seven New Projects
• Refined Cost Estimates Pending
• Parks and Recreation Workload
• Pay-As-You-Go for Capital Outlay
• Capital Outlay in Higher Education
• Year-Round Operation Saves Capital Outlay Costs
• Legislature Should Consider Additional Projects
• Discontinue Past Practice of Equal Bond Amounts for Each Segment

Departmental Issues

• Department of Justice (0820)
• Crime Laboratory Replacement
• Franchise Tax Board (1730)
• Security Improvements
• Department of General Services (1760)
• Los Angeles State Building
• Department of Transportation (2660)
• Seismic Retrofit--Eureka Office
• San Diego Office Building--Lease-With-Purchase-Option
• Department of the California Highway Patrol (2720)
• South Lake Tahoe and Monterey--New Facilities
• Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (3540)
• No Master Plan for the Public Safety Microwave Network
• Department of Parks and Recreation (3790)
• Budget Includes Double Funding For Capital Outlay Staff Work
• Capital Outlay Projects Not Identified
• Fresno Area--Site Acquisition
• Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area-- LaGrande Tract
• Grants for Off-Highway Vehicle Projects Not Substantiated
• Health and Welfare Agency Data Center (4130)
• Acquisition of Leased Facility
• Department of Mental Health (4440)
• Sexually Violent Predator Facility
• Department of Corrections (5240)
• California Medical Facility-- Cell Window Modifications
• Department of the Youth Authority (5460)
• Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility-- Modify Ward Room Windows
• El Paso de Robles Youth Correctional Facility-- Special Education Classrooms
• University of California (6440)
• Reduce Scope of UC Davis Life Sciences Alteration
• Additional Space Not Needed
• Seismic Replacement Building Is Unnecessary
• California State University (6610)
• Benefits of Investment in Telecommunications Infrastructure Are Not Clear
• Insufficient Information About Specific Campus Needs and Proposed Work
• CSU Has Not Provided Information Previously Required by Legislature
• Legislature Needs Detailed Description of ITS-TII's Benefits
• ITS-TII Proposal Lacks Quantifiable Performance Measures
• Recommendation
• Los Angeles: Renovate Physical Sciences Building
• Sonoma: Remodel Salazar Building
• Bakersfield: Classroom/Office Building III
• San Jose: Joint Library
• New Library Not Needed and Is Too Costly
• Joint Library Project Poses Operational and Ownership Questions
• Summary
• Construction Cost Escalation Is Incorrectly Applied
• California Community Colleges (6870)
• Five-Year Capital Outlay Plan
• 1999-00 Capital Outlay Program
• Library Projects
• Kern CCD, Bakersfield College-- Concrete Restoration
• Los Angeles CCD, Harbor College-- Fire Alarm Corrections
• West Valley-Mission CCD, Mission College-- Science and Technology Complex
• Antelope Valley CCD, Antelope Valley College-- Technology Building
• West Hills CCD, Kings County Center-- Off-On Site Development
• Construction Cost Escalation
• Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)
• Relocation--Yermo Agricultural Inspection Station
• Military Department (8940)
• Facilities Survey, Phase II
• Veterans' Home of California--Yountville (8960)
• Correct Code Deficiencies in Section L
• Convert Laundry Building to Warehouse Space