An Initial Assessment of the California Performance Review: Section 3, Key Proposals

Using the average cost of half-day preschool programs administered by the State Department of Education, $200  million would be sufficient to fund an additional 63,000 child care "slots " annually, or about 65  percent of the displaced students.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cpr/082704_cpr_review_s3.htm

^[PDF] The 2004-05 Budget Bill, SB 1113, as Amended

Restores some funding reductions proposed by the administra- tion in the areas of higher education student financial aid and outreach programs, social services, and state employee com- pensation. Assumes a diversion of $1.3 billion in revenues from local government in 2004-05 and in 2005-06.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/floor_packet/072804_Floor_sb1113.pdf

^[PDF] An Assessment: Governor's Local Government Proposal

While the administration is still developing the constitutional language (and related statutory changes), the Legislature will need to begin its review shortly given the measure’s link to the 2004-05 state budget and the upcoming deadlines for placing a measure on the November ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/local_gov/052404_loc_gov_proposal.pdf

^[PDF] Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools in California and the Impact of SB 740

The administrative burden placed on schools and on the state authorities has been considerable, and the link between some of SB 740’s requirements and instructional quality has been weak. Despite the difficulties that these schools have encountered as a result of the SB 740 process, the demand for nonclassroom-based in- struction has remained strong in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/RAND_charter/Nonclassroom_charter_summary_0205.pdf

A Primer: Funding Higher Education

Assembly Bill 2710 (Liu), would have reaffirmed the central provisions of the 1985 fee policy, but it would have moved beyond that earlier legislation by linking fees to a specified share of education costs at the state ’s four-year universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/fund_highred/062905_fundng_highred.html

^[PDF] A Primer: Funding Higher Education

Assembly Bill 2710 (Liu), would have reaffirmed the central provisions of the 1985 fee policy, but it would have moved beyond that earlier legislation by linking fees to a specified share of education costs at the state’s four‑year universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/fund_highred/062905_fundng_highred.pdf

^[PDF] Tax Agency Consolidation: Remittance and Return Processing

. • At BOE, data capture at the front end is limited to only what is required to link payments with taxpayer accounts. Most data capture is through manually keying necessary information from each of the returns.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/tax_agcy_consolidation/tax_consolidation_011005.pdf

^[PDF] Abusive Tax Shelters: Impact of Recent California Legislation

Between January 2004 and November 2005, the state received $9 million in penalty income linked to ATS activity. Audit and legal staff at FTB have indicated that increased penalties have also had sig- nificant deterrent effects in other tax areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/abusive_tax_shelters/abusive_tax_shelters_012706.pdf

^[PDF] Funding Enrollment Growth at UC and CSU

Despite this drop in head- count, there was a much smaller decline in com- munity college FTE enrollment. The remainder of this report focuses exclusively on enrollment growth funding for UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/enrollment/UC-CSU_enrollment_032806.pdf

SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region

https://lao.ca.gov/2006/sandag/sandag_033006.htm