LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: The Governor’s Tax Proposals

This is not surprising given that the credit is not linked to teacher spending on these materials. For these reasons, we recommend that the Legislature adopt the Governor’s proposal to eliminate the TRTC on the grounds that it is not an effective and cost-efficient means of achieving its stated objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/2007_pandi/pi_10_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: California Community Colleges (6870)

State law allows these districts to retain enrollment funding for vacant slots in the year they become vacant in order to cushion district budgets from year-to-year enrollment volatility. However, districts lose enrollment funds from their base for slots that remain vacant for a second year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_22_6870_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

Seeing no point in further restricting a program that already had more slots than participants, the Legislature rejected the Governor’s proposal both times. In the current year, the Governor responded by vetoing 600 of the 8,000 APLE awards the Legislature authorized in the budget bill.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_23_7980_anl07.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Franchise Tax Board (1730)

However, no budget reductions were proposed related to increased electronic remittance processing or reductions in mailed and printed tax forms and booklets due to more use of online forms and other information.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_10_1730_anl07.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: State's Fiscal Picture

In addition, the Governor ’s budget makes overly aggressive assumptions about the growth in Indian casinos ’ customer bases and slot machines. Even with the passage of Propositions 94, 95, 96, and 97, we conclude the administration ’s estimate of tribal payments to the General Fund is overstated by $173 million over 2007 –08 and 2008 –09 combined.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/2008_pandi/pi_anl08001.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (1870)

The board has since increased some of the reimbursement rates for providers and is attempting to rebuild its relationship with them, such as by providing them with more timely payments and implementing a new online claim processing system that streamlines the claim process.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/crim_justice/cj_anl08007.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: School Facilities

This approach would be more equitable —expecting all districts to contribute but linking their contribution to objective measures of their property values. Such an approach also would reduce incentives for school districts to incur short –term debt merely to appear needy.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/education/ed_anl08014.aspx

LAO 2008 Budget Analysis: Commission on State Mandates (8885)

Our review finds no link between the funding provided under Chapter 752 and programs that encourage animal adoption. Specifically, under the mandate ’s reimbursement methodology, shelters do not get more state funds if more households adopt animals.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/general_govt/gen_anl08018.aspx

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Prop 98 Education Programs: Executive Summary

The K –12 payment structure, in particular, does a poor job of linking state payments with district costs. Even without the various deferrals in the Governor ’s plan, the underlying K –12 payment structure lacks transparency, predictability, and coherence.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/education/ed_anl09001.aspx

Proposition 1A: Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act.

In some cases —such as many user fees, admission fees, and assessments —the charge is closely linked to the cost of providing a particular service to an individual beneficiary. In other cases —particularly regulatory fees (including environmental mitigation) —the charge may be based on the costs of government oversight of a group or industry, or on the social costs associated with particular activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090772.aspx