^[PDF] 1956 Budget Analysis: Mental Hygiene

The sections of the code cited above are quoted below: Section 7009: "The county from which each person is com- mitted to or -for placement in a home for the mentally deficient shall pay the State the cost of the care of such person, for the time the person committed remains an inmate of the home or on parole or an leave of absence to a licensed boarding home for the care of such persons, at the monthly rate therefor fixed as provided in Section 7010."
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1956/13_mental_hygiene_1956.pdf

^[PDF] Letter to Roger Dickinson

Letter to Roger Dickinson
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/stadm/letters/dickinson_102111.pdf

Improving the Appraisal Function in Resources Land Acquisitions

We also found that the appraisal function is often too closely linked to the acquisition process of the land –acquiring agency —a party that has a strong interest in the outcome of the acquisition. This brings into question the objectivity of the appraisal process.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/res_appraisals/res_appraisals_101807.aspx

The 2013-14 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Alternatively, to help ensure the accuracy of our forecasts and improve transparency, we recommend that the Legislature require the administration to document accruals regularly online. Special Fund Accounting Practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/bud/fiscal-outlook/fiscal-outlook-2012.aspx

A proposed constitutional and statutory initiative related to poverty reduction. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2015 - For 20 years beginning in 2017-18, this measure increases property taxes on most properties with assessed values greater than $3 million and dedicates the increase in revenues to several programs intended to reduce poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-043

^[PDF] The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

APPENDIX Note: In the online version of this report, we include a series of Appendix tables that have detailed information on the discretionary choices in the 2023-24 Budget Act
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2023/4788/2023-Spending-Plan-081623.pdf

Major Features of the 1999 California Budget

A trailer bill that requires the SWRCB to address identified problems with permitting, enforcement, and water quality monitoring; requires pollution prevention planning by waste di schargers under specified circumstances; and establishes minimum mandatory penalties for serious and chronic water quality violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/99_budget_features.html

Supplemental Report of the 1998 Budget Act

https://lao.ca.gov/1998/082598_sup_report/082598_1998-99_supplemental_report.html

^[PDF] Overview of the Governor's Special Session Proposals

As this list suggests, we encourage the state to link reduced state funding either to reduced local costs or increased local revenue. In contrast, the administration’s approach is likely to leave some districts drawing down their local reserves to backfill midyear cuts that cannot realistically be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/bud/nov_revise/nov_revise_overview_111108.pdf

^[PDF] Liquid Assets: Improving Management of the State's Groundwater Resources

Colorado and New Mexico are among the states that have taken steps to mod- ernize their definitions of groundwater, linking surface water and groundwater in law. Arizona, through its major permitting law change, also allows for the interaction between surface water and groundwater to be reflected in the allocation of water rights.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/groundwater/groundwater_032410.pdf