^[PDF] LAO 1994 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Restructuring Public School Finance

In its most recent review of Serrano (1986), the California Supreme Court let stand an appellate court ruling that the state had fully com- plied with the requirement to reduce wealth-related disparities in per-pupil spending to insignificant differences.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1994/1994_pandi/pi94-95_restructuring_pub_school_finance.pdf

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: California Community Colleges

Outcome Measures and Accountability In our general discussion of higher education outcome measures--please see the Crosscutting Issues section of this chapter--we recommend that the Legislature begin to focus more di rectly on outcomes of higher education, rather than inputs and processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chf6870.html

1996-97 Budget Analysis: Health and Social Services, Part 3

The goal of the pro gram is to link 250,000 mentors with 1 million at-risk youth by the year 2000. According to the department, the intent of the initiative is to eventually transfer the program to th e private sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96c3.html

1996-97 Perspectives and Issues: Major Expenditure Proposals in the 1996-97 Budget

As a result, the systems report a com bined deferred maintenance backlog of about $900 million. This is a major concern because deferral of maintenance projects reduces the useful life of facilities and increases futur e capital outlay needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/p964-2.html

1997-98 Budget Analysis: Welfare Reform in California--A Welfare-to-Work Approach

Consequently, the state has had to develop a much smaller number of community service work slots th an had been anticipated. The program, however, has not been evaluated. On Balance, It's Worth Trying.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/part5a_welfare_to_work_pi97.html

1998-99 Perspectives and Issues: Taking Advantage of New Federal Higher Education Tax Credits

New program funding for the higher education segments linked to measured improvements in educational outcomes-such as improved retention of students, improved transfer of students from the CCC to the four-year colleges, and improved times-to-degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/p_and_i_1998/part_5a_highered_taxcredits_pandi98.html

^[PDF] LAO 1998 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

The HWDC budget for development of ISAWS proposes a decrease of $221,000 in the current year and $14 million in the budget year as the data center will no longer need these baseline expenses with the project com- ing to completion.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/pdfs_anl98/general_govt_anl98.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1998 Budget Analysis: Health and Social Services Chapter

New Medi-Cal Coverage for Welfare “Look-Alikes” The 1996 federal welfare reform legislation eliminated the previous automatic (“categorical”) link between welfare and Medicaid that had existed under the former AFDC Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/pdfs_anl98/health_ss_anl98.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Health & Social Services Chapter

This would help to ensure that the counties have sufficient funds to pay for wage-based com- munity service, but it would result in General Fund costs of up to $20 million in 1999-00 (if all counties were to choose this ap- proach). • Matching Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/health_ss/health_ss_anl99.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 2000 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

The department also maintains numerous links on its website to other government agencies. Furthermore, many of the nonjurisdictional calls are clearly not a Gen- eral Fund responsibility (such as landlord/tenant issues, motor vehicles/ driver’s license, and collection agencies).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/general_govt/gengov_anl00.pdf