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Daily Report: Money and Politics

State analyst supports accounting system overhaul despite cost

May 4, 2012, 12:05 AM
The Legislative Analyst's Office is urging lawmakers to continue an overhaul of the state's accounting systems despite ballooning costs that have plagued the effort. Called the Financial Information System for California, or FI$Cal, the project seeks to build a single statewide system... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Analyst: PUC safety jobs left vacant despite oversight concerns

April 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
Despite concerns about safety and oversight after the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast, the California Public Utilities Commission has 135 vacant positions, including many in the consumer safety division, according to the state legislative analyst. The utilities commission, which faced... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Brown's court security plan 'problematic,' analysts say

January 20, 2011, 12:07 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for funding court security could make it difficult to ensure that courts are sufficiently protected, according to the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst's Office. In the realignment proposal outlined in Brown's budget, counties would no longer provide... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Whitman overstates excess jobs in California Department of Education

September 1, 2010, 12:05 AM
Meg Whitman has finally given a specific example of jobs she would go after should she become governor: 150 jobs in the California Department of Education.  "The Legislative Analyst's Office found that the Department of Education has 150 staffers working on programs it no longer... + read more
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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Legislative analyst: Social services budget cut 'goes too far'

February 1, 2010, 12:40 AM
A report issued on Friday by the California Legislative Analyst's Office said the governor’s proposed reduction to the state In-Home Support Services program “goes too far.” The program allows people with disabilities to hire caregivers to help them bathe, prepare meals... + read more
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