The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - It also includes $1.6  million one time each from the Special Distribution Fund and Gambling Control Fund (for a total of just under $3.2  million) for a project to manage gambling licensing workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - Recommendations Below, we recommend changes to the Governor ’s proposed SB  678 grant formula that would help address the issues we identified above. These changes would result in a system that would better achieve the stated goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, peer support specialists can help with alcohol and drug recovery, navigating health care systems, teaching people how to advocate for themselves, and promoting self ‑care. Peer support specialists receive certification and work experience while in prison that can potentially help them gain employment in a similar field upon release.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Pay-as-You-Go Retiree Health Costs. Under the state ’s current policy to pay for retiree health benefits, (1)  the state and employees each contribute an amount of money —established as a percentage of pay through the collective bargaining process —to prefund the benefits employees earn today and (2)  the state pays the costs of the benefit for current retirees on a pay-as-you-go basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - Furthermore, pay –as –you –go can be desirable for certain types of projects that may be difficult to fund with bonds. On the other hand, there are advantages to funding projects by borrowing. Most state facilities are intended to provide benefits over many years, so it makes sense for future as well as current taxpayers to help fund them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - One advantage of bonds is that they can better align who pays for the project with who benefits from the project. Since capital outlay projects will provide benefits for many years, future taxpayers would pay for the future bene fits (through debt service payments) rather than current taxpayers paying for the entire project (through cash financing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Because special education costs have far outpaced special education funding in recent years, most schools receiving funding under the Governor ’s proposal likely would use the funds to help them cover their existing special education costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - To help guide the Legislature in its review of the proposal, we examine the key decisions it faces. As shown in Figure  2, these decisions are largely sequential, as the first decisions will have implications for the remaining issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2014 - In order to assist the Legislature, we suggest some broad questions it may find helpful in guiding future discussions. We further suggest that the Legislature consider how, as an institution, it addresses infrastructure issues—for example, by creating a joint infrastructure committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2916