Special Education Mandate History, Funding and Legislative Intent

Why didn't Chapter  797 specifically link state funding to the eight activities? During the course of the COSM's debate, we have heard some suggest that state special education funds not be counted as a mandate offset because the funds were not explicitly appr opriated to cover the cost of the eight state-required activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/special_ed_mandate_history_qanda.html

^[PDF] LAO Report: California Tax Policy And the Internet

The California ITFA imposes a three-year morato- rium on specifically identified new or discrimina- tory taxes, including taxes on Internet access or online computer services, “bit” or bandwidth taxes, or any discriminatory tax on online com- puter services or Internet access.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/013100_inet_tax/013100_internet_tax.pdf

^[PDF] California Financing Our Transportation Travels

We recom- mend that the adoption of a new fund source be accompa- nied by a fund allocation process that clearly links expendi- tures to specified needs and priorities. â Assess Needs Periodically. We further recommend the enactment of legislation that would require a statewide transportation needs assessment, similar to SR 8, every five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/051100_cal_travels/051100_cal_travels.pdf

^[PDF] LAO Implementing Proposition 36: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities

Changes parole violation laws, effective July 1, 2001, to require that pa- role violators who commit nonviolent drug possession offenses or who vio- late drug-related conditions of parole complete drug treatment in the com- munity, rather than being returned to state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/prop36/121400_prop_36.pdf

^[PDF] Building Standards in Higher Education

For the one type of UC building which has no counterpart at the com- munity colleges or CSU—research facilities—we recommend the Legislature use the 75th percen- tile cost from our data base of comparable buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/bldng_standards/building_standards.pdf

California Spending Plan 2002: Chapter 2

The budget includes funding reductions for certain previously enacted teacher incentive programs, digital high school, libraries, as well as funds that had previously been planned for school di strict equalization in 2002-03.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/spend_plan_02/0902_spend_plan_chap_2.html

Supplemental Report of the 2004 Budget Act, Capital Outlay

https://lao.ca.gov/2004/supp_report/supp_rpt_2004_budget_act_co.htm

^[PDF] Improving Coastal Access and Development Mitigation

These permit conditions are intended to com- pensate the public for adverse impacts of new development on the state’s natural resources and to ensure access to the coast. The Coastal Commission’s mitigation strate- gies include owners offering to dedicate por- tions of their property to public use as a condi- tion of receiving a coastal development permit.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/coastal_comm/coastal_comm_011905.pdf

^[PDF] 1947 Budget Analysis: Department of Motor Vehicles

After conference with members of the Motor Vehicle Interim Com- mittee and the Senate Interim Oommittee on Highways, Streets and Bridges, Governor Warren made funds available to the Department of Motor Vehicles for immediate initiation of a program to control or elimi- nate negligent drivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1947/31_dmv_1947.pdf

^[PDF] 1947 Budget Analysis: Local Governments

The county service officer shall assist every veteran of any war' or the United States in presenting and pursuing such claim as the veteran may have against the United States arising out of war service and in estab- lishing the veteran's right to any privilege, preference, care or com- pensation provided for by the laws of the United States or of this State."
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1947/42_local_governments_1947.pdf