2002 Budget Analysis: Capital Outlay, California State University (6610)

This phase, which CSU indicated was integrally linked to Phase I, was to consist of renovation of several buildings and demolition of others. The infor mation previously submitted by CSU clearly indicates that programmatic needs could be met by renovating existing buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/cap_outlay/co_15_6610_anl02.htm

^[PDF] New Funding Model for Special Education - A Preliminary Report

We propose a much closer link between the regular program and special education. A first step is to reaffirm that LEAs are responsible for educating all pupils within their boundaries. POPULATION-BASED FORMULA We propose that special education funding be allocated to SELPAs on a per-capita basis and that existing service delivery restrictions associated with the current funding model be eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/new_funding_model_for_special_education_a_preliminary_report.pdf

LAO 2003 Budget Analysis: Resources, Resource Assessments: Improving Effectiveness and Creating Savings

However, our review finds that after three and one-half years of effort, the Legacy Project is not yet sufficiently linked to either the acquisition process or conservation po licies. Without such linkages to acquisition and conservation policies, the Legacy Project's value as a strategic tool is limited.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/resources/res_6_cc_resource_assessments_anl03.htm

^[PDF] Reforming California's Mental Health System

This would allow programmatic control and funding to be linked, thereby establishing a clearpoint of accountability for delivering cost-effective services that is consistent with an overriding state interest in the provision of mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/1991/reports/499_0391_reforming_ca_mental_health_system.pdf

2000 Budget Analysis: K-12 Education Part 1

Funds can be used for staff training, soft ware and hardware, and to create links with community. Statewide Education Technology Services--$8.8 Million Program. Supports four statewide technology efforts: (1) professional development for district and site administrators, (2) professional development for technology support staff, (3) learning resources, and (4) discount pricing and coordinating purchasing of state licenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/education/ed_k12-dept1_anl00.htm

^[PDF] Administration of the Insurance Tax Program: A Case for Limited Reform

Companies could be stratified according to such features as premium volume, type of business and tax history, and these features could be linked with the likelihood of detecting, assessing, and collecting additional tax revenue. -34- Clearly, then, the Tax Bureau has the capability to develop a more sophisticated selection system for its desk audits, a system that potentially could be used to identify companies meriting a field audit as well.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1985/02_85_administration_of_the_insurance_tax_program_in_california.pdf

^[PDF] Medical malpractice cases

However, on balance, the existing research does not provide conclusive evidence of a link between the provisions this measure would enact and better quality care. Higher Direct Medical Malpractice Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2019/190595.pdf

A New System of Support for Low-Performing Schools

The CSR was a school –based program tightly linked to state improvement efforts. In fact, the first two CSR cohorts overlapped with II/USP, while the last two cohorts overlapped with HPSGP. In contrast to CSR, PI encourages states to focus on district accountability and relies on districts to work with individual schools to implement reforms.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/edu/low_performing_schools/lowperforming_schools_0608.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Soledad Enrichment Action Charter School

In addition, the five measures linked to student achievement have problems that undercut their usefulness. For Soledad and LACOE, for example, the credit completion rate could be a measure of student academic progress.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_12_anl07.aspx

The 2012-13 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services Budget Update

We note that there have been other changes to the IHSS program, such as a change in the types of crimes that, if committed, could prevent a person from becoming a provider, that are not directly linked to budget savings and therefore are not included in this update.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2012/ss/supportive-services-031912.aspx