LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Child Welfare Services

We di scuss these federal concerns in more detail below. Failure to Address Federal Procurement Requirements. In 1997, the federal government and the Departments of Finance and General Services directed the Health and Human Services Agency Data Center (HHSDC) to conduct a competitive procurement for a new contract to pay for the ongoing maintenance and operation activities of CWS/CMS.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_21_cws_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Coastal Commission

Th is is because there is a direct link between the activities carried out by the commission and those who directly benefit from them through their development actions. Doing so would be consistent with the Legislature's actions in requiring the costs of most other environmental regulatory programs, such as those protecting air and water quality, to be largely if not totally reimbursed through industry fees and assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/res_08_3720_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

This is because there is a direct link between these activities carried out by BCDC and those who directly benefit from them through their development actions. Doing so would be consistent with the Legislature's actions in re quiring the costs of most other environmental regulatory programs, such as those protecting air and water quality, to be largely if not totally reimbursed through industry fees and assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/res_10_3820_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Delta Protection Commission

Finally, a number of parties testified that DPC provides an important link between CBDA and the Delta region's local governments and landowners. Recommendations and Issues for Legislative Consideration We recommend the adoption of budget bill language to shift the Delta Protection Commission's funding support from state funds to locally funded reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/res_11_3840_anl04.htm

^[PDF] THE 2005-06 BUDGET: PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUES

The Governor’s budget released in January pro- poses to eliminate the shortfall in 2005-06 through significant program reductions (mainly in K-12 education, social services, and employee com- pensation), a suspension of Proposition 42 payments, and the use of $1.7 billion in remaining deficit-financing bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/2005_pandi/pandi_05.pdf

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Child Care

Moreover, to the extent that families leave the general AP program before the lists are created, those child care slots may remain unused or will only be available to working poor families on current waiting lists.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/Health_ss/hss_03_cc_childcare_anl05.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Categorical Reform

Re-Establish Link Between Funding and Need. We recommend re-establishing the link between districts' funding allocations and their staffing needs. Specifically, we recommend that districts' allocations for the credential and professional development block grants be made annually based on the number of beginning and veteran teachers, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_07_Categorical_Reform_anl05.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Charter Schools

The model would be directly linked to underlying categorical programs and automatically adjusted as funding for these programs changed. Indeed, it could operate so automatic ally that the Legislature would not need to review the charter school finance system every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_09_Charter_Schools_anl05.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Commission on Teacher Credentialing (6360)

Among the options is a proposal to conduct a public relations campaign to encourage more teachers to renew their credentials online and two proposals to eliminate hard copies of documents and instead provide only online access.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_13_6360_CTC_anl05.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

The earlier formula was somewhat arbitrary in linking the award to "75 percent of the average General Fund cost per student at CSU. " Our modified formula is based on the enrollment-weighted General Fund subsidy provided for students attending UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_22_7980_SAC_anl05.htm