Budgeting
This was the enactment year of the first Budget Act to include Control Section 20.00.
What is 2022?
This department was originally allocated bond funds, which were later shifted to SWRCB due to mismanagement. Earn 50 points for correctly identifying the department and 50 points for the 4-digit org code.
Who is Department of Public Health (Org Code 4265)?
This is the date California voters approved Proposition 68.
When is June 5, 2018?
Blackjack is the stated favorite game of this current or former Budgets/SBO team member.
Who is Chau?
This is the full name represented by the acronym RAPTR.
What is the Resources Agency Project Tracking and Reporting system?
Before approving an appropriation shift, these are the three key items you should check. Earn 50 points for each correctly identified item, and 50 additional points for identifying all three.
What are allocation/purpose type balances, budget bill language, BCP (if applicable)?
These are the names of the three Executive Officers for the conservancies that Parks assists with budgeting and accounting.
Who are Kari Daniska (SJRC), David McNeil (BHUWC), Elizabeth King (CVMC)?
These are the two PL2s with the largest numerical value. Earn 100 points for each.
What are 1238 and 1245?
Current or former Budgets/SBO team members named these two odd foods as pickled items they enjoy. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified team member.
What are pickled okra (Amy C.) and pickled watermelon (Alex)?
This new ABCRS role allows users to edit the public web info for Prop 4 programs.
What is the Bond Accountability Editor role?
These are the three main Control Section Adjustments most commonly seen in recent Hyperion reports. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified CS Adj.
What are Section 3.60, Section 4.12, and Item 9800?
For Proposition 84, these two pairs of departments share a funding pot. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified pair and 50 points for each correct subsection (PRC).
*Does not include SWBC pot.
Who are CNRA and DOC (PRC 75050(d)), and WCB and SJRC (PRC 75050(f))?
This proposition was approved by California voters in 1988 and provided funding for state and local park acquisition and development.
What is Proposition 70?
These three current or former Budgets/SBO team members said history was one of their favorite school subjects. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified team member.
Who are Brenda, Sara, and Elizabeth?
These are the three tools found in the test version of the SBO Dashboard that are not currently available in the live version (excluding information tabs such as Test Message). Earn 100 points for each correctly identified tool.
What are Agency Use (Master List), Cashboard, and Appropriations (Table)?
These are the seven unique phases used for major capital outlay projects. Earn 50 points for each identified phase and 50 additional points for identifying which phases default to a three-year encumbrance period under the Budget Act of 2026. Hint: Consider both traditional and design-build capital outlay projects.
What are Studies, Acquisition, Preliminary plans, Working drawings, Construction, Performance Criteria, and Design-build?
Bonus: What are Acquisition, Construction, and Design-build.
These four departments, listed in the Exp/Enc Report Dashboard, received bond funds from Proposition 40 or Proposition 50 but NOT from any newer SBO-managed bonds. Earn 50 points for each correctly identified department and 50 points for each of the 4-digit org codes.
Who are Bay-Delta Authority (BDA - 3870), Delta Stewardship Council (DSC - 3885), Air Resources Board (ARB - 3900), University of California (UC - 6440)?
These are the seven bonds in ABCRS that are managed by DWR. Earn 50 points for each correctly identified proposition. Earn 50 additional points for naming the oldest bond.
Hint: its title is the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986
What are Propositions 1, 1E, 13, 44, 81, 82, and 204?
Bonus: Proposition 44
Growing up, these four current or former Budgets/SBO team members envisioned careers related to science/medicine? Earn 100 points for each correctly identified team member.
Who are Karina (orthopedic surgeon), Alex (surgeon), Mary (biologist), and Anh (some area in medical)?
These are the first nine characters of the FI$Cal query name used to acquire Exp-Enc Report data, and the full name of the ledger group used when running that query. Earn 200 points for each correctly identified.
What are “DFQ_KK_01” and CC_Detail?
These are the five budget bills that amended the Budget Act of 2025, impacted bonds, and were chaptered prior to July 1, 2026. Earn 100 points for each correct bill identified.
What are AB102, AB104, SB105, AB107, and AB112?
Note: SB106 and AB108 were additional BBJr’s that did not impact bond funds and AB/SB135 has not been chaptered as of July 1, 2026.
These are the five oldest current organizations under the CNRA umbrella that have received SBO-managed bond funds. Note: Some may have operated under different names when originally established. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified department.
Who are CDFW, CalFIRE, Parks, SLC, and WCB?
This is the total amount of bond funding currently managed by SBO, excluding Prop 12 and any later reductions.
What is $25.528B?
If they could teleport anywhere, these four current or former Budgets/SBO team members said they’d choose space or another space-related destination. Earn 100 points for each correctly identified team member.
Who are Sukh, Mary, Jack, Matt, and Brooks?
When submitting an ABCRS project for a grant to a non-state related entity, this number of nonstandard cash movement and PPU questions must be answered, along with the topics of each of these questions. Partial credit may be awarded.
What is six nonstandard cash movement questions. What are (1) Reimbursement from Other Parties, (2) Loan-related program or revolving fund related program, (3) Pass-through fund related, (4) Anticipated abatements, (5) Forgivable Loan, and (6) Third-Party or Contractor Escrow?