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Position Authority
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Administration proposes to end use of authorizing limited term position authority in budget.
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Changing state’s policies for short-term employment or personnel funding warrant thorough consideration.
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5-28-15
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State budget
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LAO multiyear budget outlook
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This post discusses our current outlook for the future condition of the state General Fund.
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5-26-15
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Franchise Tax Board
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Implementation and administration costs for proposed EITC
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Adopt budget bill language and supplemental reporting language to monitor EITC program implementation.
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5-22-15
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Proposition 2 Calculations
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Counting special fund loan interest could free up $27 million of General Fund resources in 2015-16
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This note discusses the possibility of counting budgeted special fund loan interest payments toward Proposition 2 debt payment requirements.
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5-21-15
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Vacant Positions
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Administration proposals to change workforce budgeting.
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Repeal Section 12439 of the Government Code. Consider how administration proposal affects legislative oversight of state departments' workforces.
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5-18-15
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Contribution to Prefund Other Postemployment Benefits
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Control Section 3.61
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Modify Governor's proposed language for Control Section 3.61 to ensure that the significant decisions about retiree health funding remain under the control of the Legislature.
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5-17-15
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Civil Service System
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Changes to the state's hiring process
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Needed improvements to the civil service system warrant thorough consideration.
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5-17-15
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Crosscutting
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Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision
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5-15-15
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State Mandates
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Eliminate State Cost of Sex Offender Assessment Mandate
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Eliminate future state costs for the sex offender assessment mandate by eliminating the elements found to be a state reimbursable mandate, as they do not appear to be a cost-effective method of achieving the objective of ensuring appropriate assessment and monitoring of high-risk sex offenders.
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5-05-15
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State Mandates:
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Fund Medi-Cal Eligibility of Juvenile Offenders Mandate
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Appropriate $27,469 to fund prior year reimbursements related to the Medi-Cal Eligibility of Juvenile Offenders mandate.
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4-28-15
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CalPERS
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2015-16 General Fund pension payments to be below projections.
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On April 14, the CalPERS Board approved the state's 2015-16 contribution rates for state employee pension benefits. The final contribution rates are lower than what was assumed in the Governor's January budget proposal. We estimate that state costs for employee pension benefits will be about $100 million (more than $45 million General Fund) lower than was assumed in the January budget proposal.
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4-15-15
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CalSTRS
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2015-16 expected state costs up slightly compared to January estimate.
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This note discusses updated estimates of the state's 2015-16 required contributions to CalSTRS.
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4-15-15
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State Employee Health Benefits
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Proposed high deductible health plan reasonable, but may not reduce #cabudget costs.
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Reasonable to include High Deductible Health Plan on menu of health plan options available to state employees; however, the fiscal effect of creating such an option is not certain.
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3-25-15
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Crosscutting
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Shift Government Claims Program from VCGCB to DGS.
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Approve Governor's proposal to shift Government Claims Program to DGS, but make this shift in 2015-16. Approve the Governor's proposal to partially fund the program with the DGS statewide surcharge in 2015-16. Adopt an alternative to the Governor's ongoing funding proposal beginning in 2016-17 by approving a funding structure similar to what the Governor proposes for 2015-16.
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3-18-15
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Governor's Office of Emergency Services
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Hazardous materials emergency response
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Do not approve the proposed $10 million loan for additional emergency response resources until OES provides information on whether a gap in response capability will exist after the resources provided in the current year have been deployed. Structure fee to ensure resources are utilized by either authorizing it as a tax or expanding it to cover hazardous materials transported by other means.
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3-16-15
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Military Department
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Consolidated headquarters complex
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Approve Governor's January budget proposal for $8.8 million to purchase land for a consolidated headquarters complex for the California Military Department (CMD). Direct CMD to report at hearings on the prospects of receiving federal funds for the project and what it is doing to secure such funds before approving future phases of the project.
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3-13-15
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Department of Consumer Affairs, Dental Hygiene Committee
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Dental Hygiene Committee—course review.
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Approve proposal on a two-year limited term—rather than permanent—basis.
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3-06-15
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Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education
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Enhancing bureau oversight of private postsecondary institutions.
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Modify the administration's proposal to make limited-term two of the three positions proposed for processing applications from institutions that are newly subject to BPPE oversight.
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3-06-15
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Department of General Services
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Mercury Cleaners Site Remediation
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Approve budget bill language specifying that $7.6 million in funding for certain activities--the purchase and demolition of structures, relocation of tenants, and associated administrative costs--reverts to the General Fund if not needed in 2015-16. It is unclear at this time what level of funding will be needed in the budget year.
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3-03-15
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Governor's Office of Emergency Services
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Drought response activities
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Withhold recommendation on the proposed $4.4 million for 2015-16 until the May Revision when more complete information on water conditions and additional current-year expenditure data will be available.
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2-27-15
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State Treasurer
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California Health Facility Construction Loan Insurance Program
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A continuous appropriation for this loan insurance program is reasonable, but the administration's focus should be on ensuring that the Cal-Mortgage program's fund is maintained with sufficient reserves so that such an appropriation never becomes necessary.
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2-11-15
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State Mandates
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Fund Mandate Related to Local Revenue Shifts
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Allocate $217,678 to fund the prior year reimbursements related to the Accounting for Local Revenue Realignments mandate.
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2-05-15
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State Mandates
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Recast Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Mandate as Best Practices
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Eliminate future state costs for the POBOR II mandate by recasting its requirements as best practices. If the Legislature wishes to maintain POBOR II’s requirements, we recommend the Legislature allocate funding to reimburse local government costs related to this mandate.
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2-05-15
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