LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Community Colleges (6870)

Proposal Draws Illogical Link Between Noncredit Instruction and Equalization . More troubling is the Governor's proposal that the special noncredit funding would be available only to districts that did not benefit from equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_09_6870_CCC_anl04.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

Revenues to the Special Distribution Fund are dependent on the number of slot machines in op- eration as of September 1, 1999. Tribes contribute revenues each quarter to the fund, up to 13 percent of the average net win from these machines.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gengov_anl04.pdf

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Food Stamps Program

Eliminating these eligibility expansions would result in (1) com bined General Fund administrative and CFAP savings of about $3.5  million in the budget year, and (2) foregoing $203  million in federal food coupons for low-income Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_20_foodstamps_anl04.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Resources Chapter

These reductions have reduced the rate at which the department can com- plete its mapping of flood-prone areas slated for development and jeop- ardizes opportunities to partner with FEMA in modernizing federal flood- plain maps.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/resources_anl04.pdf

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Funding for Transportation Programs

We further recommend that Caltrans be di rected to review local projects' cash flow needs and report to the CTC on a quarterly basis information on the use of state cash for local projects. This would provide oversight to ensure that the progress of local projects is not hindered in the long run by the proposal to shift the management of federal funds from accrual to cash.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/transportation/trans_02_cc_funding_anl04.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Assessing the Governor's Reorganization Proposals

California currently spends hundreds of millions of dollars housing parolees returned to custody for relatively minor violations because there are only a limited number of education, training, and treatment programs and available slots for inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/2005_pandi/pi_part_5_3_reorganization_anl05.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2005-06 Budget Analysis: Capital Outlay Chapter

Because there are not enough 2004 bond funds remaining to fund projects in this rank, we rec- ommend the Palo Verde CCD project be approved only if the district com- mits to fund the project’s completion with nonstate funds if state funds are not available.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/cap_outlay/co_anl05.pdf

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: California Community Colleges (6870)

We think it is reasonable to link a portion of the funding originally provided for one accountability-related program (the PFE) to a successor accountability program (the district-level accountability system called for in Chapter  581).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/education/ed_21_6870_CCC_anl05.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Department of Insurance (0845)

Online Credit Card Payment Efficiencies Should Be Reverted We recommend that the Legislature delete $200,000 requested for credit card charges because licensing efficiencies from online filing fully offset this cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/general_govt/gen_03_0845.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Department of Technology Services (1955)

In addition, a board could monitor the data center's consolidation efforts to ensure minimal di sruption to services. For the board to provide good oversight value, the board's composition should include more IT expertise and perspectives outside of the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/general_govt/gen_12_1955.htm