LAO 2002-03 Budget Analysis: Resources Issue-By-Issue TOC
Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget Bill
Resources Issue-By-Issue Contents
Overview
Expenditure Proposals and Trends
Spending by Major Program
Major Budget Changes
Crosscutting Issues
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
CALFED Created to Address
Bay-Delta Water Problems
The Budget Proposal
Recommend Holding Joint Hearings
CALFED Budget Proposal Based on
Risky Assumptions
Environmental Water Account:
Heightened Need for Legislative Direction and Oversight
General Fund Savings Potential
in CALFED's Water Use Efficiency Program
Fund Conditions for Resources Programs
Resources Special Funds
Budget Proposes Major Changes To
Tidelands Revenue Distribution
Parks Bond
Resources Bond on March Ballot
Water Bonds Update
Improving Bond Fund
Accountability
Tahoe Environmental Improvement
Program
Tahoe EIP Created to Meet
Environmental Standards in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Enhancing Legislative Oversight
of Tahoe EIP
Timber Harvest Plan Review
Timber Harvest Fees Should Be
Enacted
Departmental Issues
Secretary for Resources (0540)
Recommend Federal Funding for
California Legacy Project
Department of Forestry And Fire
Protection (3540)
Funding for Fire Protection
Background
Emergency Fire Suppression
Budget Not Realistic
Legislature Should Enact Fire
Protection Fees
General Fund Savings Proposal
Undefined
Eliminate Land Record
Information Project
Department of Fish and Game (3600)
Budget Proposes to Significantly
Reduce DFG's CEQA Review Efforts
Department of Parks and Recreation
(3790)
Addressing the Obligations
Resulting From DPR's Land Acquisitions
The DPR's Land Acquisitions Have
Increased Significantly
Land Acquisitions Result in
Unfunded Obligations
Funding the Development and
Operation of Recent Acquisitions
Process Can Be Improved to
Better Budget for Costs Associated With Future Land Acquisitions
Legislative Oversight of New
Bond Funds
Budget Includes Concessions
Proposals
Department of Water Resources (3860)
General Fund Savings Potential
in Water Shortage Preparation Program
Air Resources Board (3900)
Legislature Should Reexamine
Stationary Source Funding and Fee Structure
Department of Pesticide Regulation
(3930)
State Enforcement Activities
Ineffective
Background
Data Reveal Significant
Noncompliance
Department Oversight of Counties
Lacks Measurable Goals
Department Funding
Justification for General Fund
Support Incomplete and Inaccurate
State Water Resources Control Board
(3940)
Funding SWRCB's Core Regulatory
Program
The SWRCB's Core Regulatory
Program
Increasing Fee-Based Support
Substantial Unmet Funding
Requirements Identified
Department of Toxic Substances Control
(3960)
Governor's Budget Proposes to
Substantially Reduce CLEAN Program
Overlap Found Between Pollution
Authority Program and CLEAN Program
Potential Funding for Cleanup
Loans and Grants
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