^[PDF] LAO 1999 Perspectives and Issues: OVERHAULING THE STATE’S INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND FINANCING PROCESS

~T Departmental Strategic Linkage • Has the department articulated its strategic mission and how closely is the project linked to the department's strategic plan, state stat- utes, and other state policies?
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/1999_pandi/part5a/part5a_infrastructure_pandi99.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Capital Outlay Crosscutting Issues

Linking eligibility for infrastructure funds to meeting performance criteria. Utilization of the State Infrastructure Bank to assist in financing state and local infrastructure. Dedication by both state and local governments of a set amount of funds for pay-as-you-go financing.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/cap_outlay/cap_outlay_crosscutting_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Education Departmental 3 Issues

Districts and SDE could improve their ability to evaluate programs by linking students served by a program to changes in standardized test scores or class grades. Such a database also would allow SDE and districts to conduct longitudinal studies to measure effects over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_depts3_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Education Departmental 5 Issues

Even though this program is in its fifth year of operation, the Legislature has not been provided any data on program performance and outcomes nor with data that links expenditures to program performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_depts5_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill General Government Crosscutting Issues

As long as the fiscal incentives for land use match local governments' and the state's priorities, linking fiscal incentives and land use decisions h elps to ensure beneficial development. However, local jurisdictions do not have the fiscal incentives to develop additional affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/general_govt/general_govt_crosscutting_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill General Governments Departmental Issues 2

The Chair of the JLBC subsequently informed the Director that he did not concur with the Di rector's plan to release the funds and suggested that a revised submittal addressing a number of specific concerns would merit further legislative consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/general_govt/general_govt_depts2_anl99.html

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Resources Departmental 3 Issues

If implemented, SWIM would, among other thi ngs, link violation and enforcement data on a statewide basis and would organize data on a geographic basis so that water quality impacts with respect to a particular water body ca n be assessed.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/resources/resources_depts3_anl99.html

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Transportation Chapter

Highway Seismic Retrofit Near Completion; Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit to Last Until 2005 Phase 1 of the highway seismic retrofit program is 99 percent com- plete. Phase 2 is 94 percent complete, with most of the outstanding pro- jects in the construction phase.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/transportation/transportation_anl99.pdf

^[PDF] THE 2000-01 BUDGET: PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUES

This is a critical issue because one-time commitments only draw down the reserve once, whereas ongoing com- mitments impose a cost year after year. Ongoing Commitments Should Be Limited to $2.1 Billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/pandi_2000.pdf

^[PDF] 2000 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Fiscal Challenge From Three Major Lawsuits

In October 1999, the court concluded that the property tax shifts created a new program or higher level of service because they com- pel local governments to accept partial financial responsibility for a state program—schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part5c/pandi_pt5c_2000.pdf