^[PDF] LAO 1996 Budget Analysis: Business and Labor Chapter

The agency has not shown how its proposed augmentation or marketing campaigns will result in com- mensurate benefits to the state from these additional General Fund expenditures. Therefore, we recommend that the Legislature disapprove the $500,000 augmentation for business marketing.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96g.pdf

1996-97 Budget Analysis: Business and Labor Part I

The budget proposes $1.4 million and 19 positions for the department to establish a toll-free complaint/inquiry (800 number) telephone line to respond to enrollee inquiries and com plaints regarding their health plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96g1.html

^[PDF] LAO 1996 Budget Analysis: Capital Outlay Chapter

Design documents for the project at Patton State Hospital were com- pleted in 1991, but the construction phase of the project has been de- ferred for several years due to budget constraints. We discuss the fence project below.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96i.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1996 Perspectives and Issues: A PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTY FISCAL CONSTRAINTS

Each elected body must be able to alter the level of both revenues and expenditures in their com- munity to accommodate the needs and preferences of voters in that jurisdiction. The current system in California fails to provide this fiscal flexibility to county governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/p965-2.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillJudiciary and Criminal Justice, Departmental Issues Part I

The slowing in new admissions appears to be closely linked to the drop in crime in the state. The fall 1996 forecast represents a significant departure from the prior forecast released by the CDC in the spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/crim_justice_depts1-a_anal97.html

^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

The reduction results primarily from payments made in the current year to contractors for work com- pleted on major information technology projects being managed by the HWDC on behalf of the Department of Social Services (DSS).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/general_govt_anal97.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: Health & Social ServicesChapter

Current caseload data and our own projection of the AFDC-linked Medi- Cal caseload indicate that the budget’s caseload estimate for the current year is too high and that the AFDC-linked caseload is likely to decline further in 1997-98, rather than remain constant as the budget projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/health_ss_anal97.pdf

Health and Social Services Departmental Issues

"De-Linking" Has Little Practical Effect on Eligibility. While this "de-linking" represents a basic change in policy, its practical effect is likely to be very small in the near future. This is because the welfare reform legislation cont inues the AFDC eligibility rules (as they existed in each state on July 16, 1996) for the purpose of determining Medicaid eligibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/health_ss_depts1-a_anal97.html

^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: The Governor's Corporate Tax Reduction Proposal Chapter

Comparing the corporate tax structures between states can be a com- plicated undertaking. True, it is relatively simple to compare specific tax provisions themselves. However, developing meaningful interstate com- parisons of the “overall” tax treatment of corporations is a different story.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/part5c_corporate_tax_proposal_pi97.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1997 Budget Analysis: III Perspectives on State Revenues Chapter

Our inclu- sion of these proposals allows our revenue forecasts to be directly com- pared to the budget forecasts, with the differences reflecting solely our differences in terms of economic assumptions and revenue estimating methodologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/part_3_revenues_pi97.pdf