LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Capital Outlay Departmental 1 Issues

We believe that the upgrades have now become a significant capital outlay program, for which the Legislature has not been given a com prehensive master plan that identifies the total cost of the program, a schedule for completion, and addresses the issue of how that cost burden should be allocated among state age ncies and others that use the network.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/cap_outlay/cap_outlay_depts1_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Crosscutting Issues

Almost all of the increase is in the CalWORKs-related portion of the Medi-Cal caseload, and results from automatically continuing the Me di-Cal eligibility of former CalWORKs recipients due to delays in implementing the new Section  1931(b) Medi-Cal eligibility category.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/health_ss/health_ss_crosscutting_anl99.html

2000 Budget Perspectives: State Revenues

We estimate that about 60 percent of the PIT growth in the current expans ion (that is, about 9 percentage points of the 15 percent average annual increase in PIT liabilities) can be explained by the "normal" relationship that links personal income growt h to PIT liabilities, given the tax-bracket structure and the way in which taxpayers are distributed throughout it.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part3/part3_pandi00.html

2000 Budget Analysis: General Govt Depts #4

This could be achieved, for example, through implementation strategies that bring the new system online by department or geographic region. Implementation Plan Should Be Able to Incorporate New Technological Advances.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/general_govt/gen_depts4_anl00.html

2000 Budget Analysis: H&SS; DCSS 5175

The department is organized into the following units: Executive offices; Program Di vision; Systems Division; and Administration Division. While the Program Division includes a significant increase in positions (compared to the staffing levels in DSS), we recommen d approval of this component because (1) a significant proportion of the new workload is to carry out new tasks
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/health_ss/hss_16_DCSS_5175_anl00.htm

Highlights of the 2000-01 Analysis and P&I

Judiciary and Criminal Justice Comprehensive Approach Needed to Link Mentally Ill Offenders to Community Care An increasing number of offenders are being released from jails and prisons to an inadequate patchwork of supervision, treatment services, and assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/highlights_00-01_analysis.html

2000 Budget Analysis: Res CC Watershed

Specifically, we do not think the proposal will achieve the goals of improving regulatory and restoration efforts for two reasons: (1) th e data collection design is flawed and (2) the finished assessments are inadequately linked to regulatory and restoration efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/resources/res_4_cc_watershed_anl00.htm

Department of Corrections (5240)2001 Budget Analysis

The department anticipates that an additional 1,500 slots at various institutions will be activated by the end of the current year. Increase in Substance Abuse Slots Is Justified. Although the implementation of Proposition 36 will reduce the number of new admissions and parole violators, there will continue to be a need for substance abuse treatment service s for the current inmate population.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/crim_justice/cj_07_5240_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis:Improving Academic Prep

(In the next section of the Analysis , we discuss a new program —the Diagnostic Writing Service —which allows high school students to take CSU's and UC's placement exams online.) Increasing Accountability in Precollegiate Education Once students have been assessed and deemed unprepared, the higher education segments employ a variety of strategies to help them overcome their skill deficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_04_cc_acad_prep_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis:Collaborative Academic Prep Programs

We further recommend that the Legislature require the CSU and UC to honor articulation agreements ASSIST posts online. Occasionally, the ASSIST Web site displays some articulation agreements that are outdated.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_05_cc_collaborative_anl01.htm