^[PDF] 1954 Budget Analysis: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

The determination of water rights is becoming .an increasingly com- plexproblem in California. While there appears to have been some reluctance by the division in the past to fulfill its legal respqnsibility of determining water rights, the decisions on some of these major water rights questions can no longer be deferred.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1954/29_public_works_1954.pdf

^[PDF] 1956 Budget Analysis: Capital Outlay

Construct covered passages to link buildings-$249,OOO. This in- stitution is designed without underground utility distribution tunnels. Instead, it has been found that the cost of covered walks which would carry the utility lines overhead would be no more than the cost of tunnels and would, at the same time, provide sheltered communications between the buildings which would
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1956/25_capital_outlay_1956.pdf

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: The Governor's Tax Proposal

A number of measures suggest that California's current tax burden is about average when com pared to other states. The p roposal will not change this result dramatically. How much of a stimulative effect this decreased tax burden will have on California's economy is open to debate.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/pt5-a1.html

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillJudiciary and Criminal Justice, Departmental Issues Part I

Strong evidence of the "Three Strikes " link can be found in the abrupt decline in new admissions of civil addicts to the prison system. During the year leading up to legislative enactment of the "Three Strikes " law (May 1993 to April 1994), 245 civil addicts per month were being received by the CDC.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/crim_justice_depts1-b_anal97.html

1997-98 Budget Analysis, Criminal Justice Departmental Issues, Part 3

However, for the reasons di scussed below, we believe that statewide implementation in 1997-98 is premature. Request for Funding Premature Pending Results of Pilot Projects. The Judicial Council indicates that in the current year, consistent with recommendations in the FSR, it will establish a series of pilot programs that will result in the developme nt of a request for proposal
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/crim_justice_depts3_anal97.html

1997-98 Budget Analysis, General Government Departments Part 2

https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/general_govt_depts2-a_anal97.html

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget Bill

(For additional detail on the di mensions of the deferred maintenance problems, please see our discussion in the higher education section of the 1996-97 Analysis .) Community Colleges The CCC's maintenance problems have been easier to address because of the large amount of funds ultimately available for K-14 education under Proposition 98.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/higher_ed_crosscutting_anal97.html

1999-00 Perspectives and Issues: Overhauling the State's Infrastructure Planning and Financing Process

Departmental Strategic Linkage Has the department articulated its strategic mission and how closely is the project linked to the department's strategic plan, state statutes, and other state policies?
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/1999_pandi/part5a/part5a_infrastructure_pandi99.html

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Perspectives and Issues: SHIFTING GEARS, RETHINKING PROPERTY TAX SHIFT RELIEF

The top section of Figure 2 dis- plays measures that were more closely linked to the property tax shift, such as Proposition 172 and trial court reforms. The lower section of Fig- ure 2 includes changes that, while not as closely linked to the shift, were notably influenced by the Legislature’s concern about the diminished fiscal condition of local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/1999_pandi/part5c/part5c_shifting-gears_pandi99.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Perspectives and Issues: CALWORKS COMMUNITY SERVICE

. • Private For-Profit Job Slots. Current law excludes the private for-profit sector from participating in community service employ- ment. We recommend that counties be authorized to include private for-profit organizations as community service employers, thereby increasing the number of higher-quality community service job slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/1999_pandi/part5e/part5e_calworks_pandi99.pdf