^[PDF] California's Other Budget Deficit: The Unemployment Insurance Fund Insolvency

Because California is considered a high-wage and high-cost state, our analysis also considered how UI benefits com- pare with those of other states in replacing the wages lost by recipients. California’s average weekly benefit covered about 31 percent of aver- age weekly wages in 2008.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/ssrv/unemp_ins/ui_102010.pdf

^[PDF] The 2011-12 Budget: Overview of the governor's Budget

In addition, we think this is a good time for the Legislature to consider a more com‑ prehensive approach that would provide additional General Fund relief and address other problems in the current transportation funding system.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/budget_overview/budget_overview_011211.pdf

^[PDF] Streamlining Nursing Education Pathways: A Progress Report On Assembly Bill 1295 (Fuller)

As we discussed in Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce: Improving State Nursing Programs (May 2007), for years the number of applicants to nursing schools in California has far exceeded the number of available slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/nursing_ed/Streamlining_Nursing_Ed_Pathways.pdf

^[PDF] 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success

For this premise to be realized, however, local program funding and authority must be linked in ways that provide inherent fiscal incentives for local governments to operate successful programs. This works in two ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/realignment/realignment_081911.pdf

^[PDF] Oversight of Private Colleges in California

They have a shared interest in holding members to certain standards because the reputation of each member institution is linked to the reputation of the group. They also have an interest in forestalling additional federal and state regulatory efforts by requiring their members to meet sufficiently high self-imposed standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/edu/oversight/oversight-121713.pdf

^[PDF] The 2015-16 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Consistent with practice over the last two years, we link these increases to UC’s base budget such that the projected dollar increase is the same for CSU and UC each year. For 2015-16 and 2016-17, we assume CSU receives additional funding beyond its base increase to cover projected increases in its lease-revenue debt service, consistent with legislative action taken in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/fiscal-outlook/fiscal-outlook-111914.pdf

^[PDF] The 2014-15 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

The budget includes $2.9 million from the General Fund for DWR to (1) meet a statutory requirement that the department monitor groundwater elevation in basins where no local agency performs such monitoring, and (2) develop an information technology (IT) system so that individuals who drill wells can submit well records online. • Groundwater Quality Monitoring.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/resources/resources-environmental-protection-022114.pdf

^[PDF] Restructuring California’s Child Care and Development System

Figure 2 shows the share of subsidized child care slots by program. Non-CalWORKs programs comprised 62 percent of all slots whereas CalWORKs child care comprised 38 percent of all slots. The single largest program is State Preschool (with 40 percent of all slots), followed by CalWORKs Stage 2 (with 20 percent of all slots).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/child-care/restructuring-child-care-system-040414.pdf

^[PDF] The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Online Education Initiative Initiative Aims to Provide Statewide Access to Online Courses. The Online Education Initiative includes several projects: a common course management system for colleges, resources to help faculty design high-quality courses, online learner readiness modules, tutoring and counseling platforms, exam-proctoring solutions, and the CCC Online Course Exchange.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3559/Higher-Education-Analysis-021617.pdf

^[PDF] The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

Interested employers may check to see whether they are located in one of these designated areas using an online map. Excludes Some Types of Businesses. Some types of businesses may not claim the existing credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3784/hiring-credits-031518.pdf