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

^[PDF] Highlights of the 2006-07 Perspectives & Issues

.  We project that revenues will be even higher, exceeding the budget estimates by $1.3 billion in 2005-06 and $1 billion in 2006-07, or $11.5 billion com- bined compared to the 2005‑06 Budget Act.  However, much of the current revenue strength is from highly volatile sourc- es—such as investment income and business profits—which could quickly fade if the economy slows by more than expected.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/2006_pandi/highlights/pandi_highlights_022206.pdf

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Proposition 98 Priorities

K-14 Funding Is Linked to State抯 Fortunes The fiscal health of the state is important to K-14 education. When times are good, state spending on schools and community colleges results in new and expanded programs and extra base increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_03_anl06.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Revenue Limits

Second, we are not aware of any analysis showing that historical di fferences in revenue limit funding levels reflect different local needs for general purpose funds. However, given the difficult fiscal situations currently faced by many districts in the state (including those that would not qualify to receive equalization funding), we recommend the Legislature delay equalizing revenue limits to future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_07_anl06.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: California Gambling Control Commission (0855)

Tribes agreeing to these compacts can operate slot machines, certain card games, and other types of gambling in California. Curr ently, 54 tribes operate around 55,000 slot machines. About one-half of these machines are in casinos in San Diego County and Riverside County.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/general_govt/gen_06_0855_anl06.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Board of Equalization (0860)

As a result of the cap mechanism referred to ab ove, the General Fund subsidizes certain STJs for administrative costs; for these STJs the link to actual costs is even more tenuous. The complexity of the costing model has made its results increasingly difficult to explain to local agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/general_govt/gen_07_0860_anl06.html

^[PDF] Highlights of the 2006-07 Analysis

We recommend that any funding for equalization be linked to legislation amending the current allocation formula which, if unchanged, would erode the state’s equalization efforts over time. (Analysis, page E-257.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/highlights/analysis_highlights_022206.pdf

^[PDF] The 2007-08 Budget: Perspectives and Issues

. • Link Provider Rates to Objective Measures. Provider rates for state programs are often set on an ad hoc basis with increases or decreases depending on the state’s near‑term fiscal condition. In‑ Major Expenditure Proposals in the 200 -0 Budget 3 stead, the state could link provider rates, such as those for regional center vendors, to objective measures
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/2007_pandi/Pandi_07.pdf

^[PDF] .)  Rethinking the Future of Child Welfare Automation  The

.)  Rethinking the Future of Child Welfare Automation  The budget proposes to continue with the development of a new CWS com- puter system at a total cost of $247 million. We recommend canceling the proposed new system and instead updating the existing Child Welfare Ser- vices Case Management System (CWS/CMS) to provide required functional- ity, resulting in savings of $184 million over the next seven years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/highlights/pandi_highlights_022108.pdf