^[PDF] UPDATE AUGUST 1998

According to DHS, reviews of the remaining 14 plans that provide Medi-Cal managed care will be com- pleted by January 1999. Cal Update 2 Results Are Disappointing The review produced a total of 151 separate evaluations (19 quality-of-care indicators for each of eight plans, with one case of insufficient data).
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/aug_98_update.pdf

^[PDF] UPDATE DECEMBER 1998

In this regard, the Legislature will be assisted by statutorily required reports to be submitted by SFM com- mencing in 1999. These reports will identify leak incident rate trends, review current regulatory effectiveness with respect to pipeline safety, and recom- mend necessary changes to the Legis- lature. v Permitting Process a Barrier to Pipe- line Replacement and Improvement.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/dec_98_calupdate.pdf

State Superfund Reauthorization: An Updated Reprint

We think if this change in law is combined with the additional modifications di scussed below, the state will retain the benefits to the state from using the joint and several standard, while addressing concerns that this standard delays and discourages cleanu ps.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/011199_superfund_reprint.html

^[PDF] An LAO Shifting Gears: Rethinking Property Tax Shift Relief

An LAO Shifting Gears: Rethinking Property Tax Shift Relief Measures Closely Linked to the Tax Shift Measures Influenced by the Tax Shift $60 million. distribution of delinquent property taxes. Relief Measures Associated With Property Tax Shifts Proposition 172.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/020299_property_tax_shift.pdf

K-12 Master Plan--Starting the Process

As we di scussed in Chapter 2, many of the milestones of education policy since 1970 resulted in weaker school boards. The advent of collective bargaining limited the ability of governing b oards to establish employee wages and working conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/0599_k-12_master_plan.html

Health Coverage

(This would continue to provide some catastrophic coverage to unenrolled families, and it would ensure continued Me di-Cal funding for hospitals and others who provide emergency and safety-net care.)
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/0699_low_income_health_coverage.html

^[PDF] An LAO Higher Education “Compacts”: An Assessment

PROPOSAL FOR A NEW COMPACT In the 1999-00 Governor’s Budget, the adminis- tration announced that UC and CSU had pro- posed a new multiyear funding compact (Com- pact II). Details of the proposal were included in 4 the budget’s A-pages as well as in materials presented by the segments during budget hear- ings.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/082699_compacts/082699_compacts.pdf

California Meets Federal Work Participation Rates for CalWORKs in 1998

Under this plan, DHHS will not impose the penalty if California is in com pliance by September 2000. FFY 1998 Results In contrast to FFY 1997, California met both work participation rates in FFY 1998 and is now in compliance with the federal work requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/0899_work_rates.html

California Spending Plan 1999-00 Chapter 3

The budget package also includes $2.1 million and provisions in a Chapter 67, Statutes of 1999 (AB 1105, Jackson) to establish new programs to assist courts with com plex litigation and to establish alternative dispute resolution pilot projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/1999_spending_plan/chapter_3.html

^[PDF] SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE 1999 BUDGET ACT 1999-00 FISCAL YEAR

In order to ensure that the Legislature can hold the Department of Transportation accountable for resources expended for transportation project planning documents, the department shall report on the cost of project study reports (PSRs) and project scope and summary reports (PSSRs) linked to the specific projects for which they are prepared.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/99-00_supp_rpt_lang.pdf