Chapter 1 General Government - The California Performance Review

The California Performance ReviewFederal Revenue(dollars in thousands)Fiscal Year Revenues Costs Net Savings (Costs) Change in PYs2004–05 $0 $0 $0 02005–06 $1,300,000 $0 $1,300,000 02006–07 $1,950,000 $0 $1,950,000 02007–08 $2,350,000 $0 $2,350,000 02008–09 $2,600,000 $0 $2,600,000 0Note: The dollars and PYs for each year in the above chart reflect the total change for that year from2003–04 expenditures, revenues and PYs.Endnotes1California State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits, “Federal Funds: The State of California Takes Advantage of AvailableFederal Grants, but Budget Constraints and Other Issues Keep It From Maximizing This Resource,” Report Number2002-123.2 (Sacramento, California, August 2003), p. 1.2Public Policy Institute of California, “Factors Determining California’s Share of Federal Formula Grants, SecondEdition,” by Tim Ransdell (San Francisco, California, February 2004), p. 40.3California State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits, “Federal Funds: The State of California Takes Advantage of AvailableFederal Grants, but Budget Constraints and Other Issues Keep It From Maximizing This Resource,” p. 1.4E-mail from Greg Riggs, assistant secretary Labor and Workforce Development Agency (May 6, 2004). Provided copiesof Internal White-Paper-Federal Funding Information and Trends Impacting California, February 2004.5The California Institute for Federal Policy Research, “California Institute Special Report: California’s Balance ofPayments with the Federal Treasury, Fiscal Years 1981–2002,” (Washington, D.C.), p. 1.6The California Institute for Federal Policy Research, “California Institute Special Report: California’s Balance ofPayments with the Federal Treasury, Fiscal Years 1981–2002,” p. 2.7U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, “Citing Lack of Funding for California, Senator Feinstein Seeks Changes in HomelandSecurity Funding,” Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003. (Press release.) Funding for the Homeland Security grant wasdone in March of 2003.8Public Law 107-296, “Homeland Security Act of 2002,” November 25, 2002.9Public Law 107-56, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept andObstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot) Act of 2001,” October 26, 2001.10Public Policy Institute of California, “Federal Formula Grants and California, Homeland Security,” by Tim Ransdell(San Francisco, California, January 2004), p. 2.11Interview with Tim Ransdell, author, California Public Policy Institute (April 8, 2004). Mr. Ransdell stated that theHomeland Security grant caught California off guard because the impact was not analyzed until after the appropriation.A Government for the People for a Change 41