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<br />The budget would achieve an estimated $811 million in savings from reductions to inmate health <br />expenses. The savings are anticipated to be achieved largely by state contracts with private <br />providers for medical and administrative services. <br /> <br />9A <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Other savings would be achieved through changes enacted in last year's corrections budget that <br />are currently underway including reforms that placed non-violent, low-risk parolees on summary <br />parole with no direct state supervision, enhanced credit earnings for training program completion, <br />and cutting non-court mandated inmate rehabilitation services. <br /> <br />The FY 2010-11 budget proposal also assumes an $880 million reduction for the General Fund <br />achieved by obtaining federal funds to pay for the incarceration of alien criminals in state prisons. <br />This is roughly the amount the federal government has yet to reimburse California for providing <br />alien inmate services. <br /> <br />Other Public Safety Savings and Reductions <br /> <br />. Department of Justice (DOJ) Forensic Labs. To cover the expense of the DOJ forensic <br />labs, serving local law enforcement agencies without their own lab facilities, current <br />penalty assessments levied on fines will Increase from $1 to $3 dollars. In the Governor's <br />2009-10 budget, he proposed shifting the cost of DOJ forensic labs to local agencies by <br />charging a direct fee for each service. This was dropped later. <br /> <br />. California Highway Patrol (CHP). The budget proposal would provide $17.8 million to <br />the CHP for 180 new officer positions to increase road patrols and provide quicker <br />response times to accidents and call for assistance. <br /> <br />. Automated Speed Enforcement Revenue. This proposal would provide $337.9 million <br />in revenue from a new speed enforcement program based on using red light cameras to <br />identify and fine persons speeding through intersections. The proceeds would be used to <br />alleviate the General Fund deficit and provide $41 million towards trial court security. <br /> <br />Housing/Land Use <br /> <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Streamlining. The Business, Transportation, <br />and Housing Agency would be authorized through the Governor's proposed budget to select 20 <br />projects from around the state for job creation and capital investment. The selected projects <br />would be exempt from any challenge to the certification of the environmental review under CEQA. <br />The exemption would be valid for 12 months. <br /> <br />Elimination of Office of Planning and Research (OPR) The Governor's budget proposes to <br />eliminate the Governor's OPR and moving many of the existing functions, such as the CEQA <br />Clearinghouse and the general plan guidelines, to other agencies such as the Department of <br />Resources and Housing and Community Development (its difficult to tell from the language <br />provided exactly which departments will receive various functions). <br /> <br />Environment <br /> <br />Water: The Governor proposed an increase of $70.5 million (47 new positions) to implement the <br />comprehensive water package passed in November, 2009. These funds and positions reflect the <br />establishment of the Delta Stewardship Council and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta <br />Conservancy, as well as funding the development of the new Delta Plan outlined in the recent <br />legislation. <br /> <br />Additionally, the Governor proposed a reduction of $6.4 million in funding to the State Water <br />Resources Control Board. These cuts would be offset by increases to existing fees for several <br />water quality regulatory programs, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />programs, Water Rights and Irrigated Lands. <br /> <br />4 <br />