The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - The land under the Salton Sea is a patchwork of ownership spread across three primary entities: the federal government (mostly the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management), the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: General Government, Tax Relief (9100)

VLF Backfill Reduction Proposed The VLF is an annual fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle in California, levied in lieu of taxing vehicles as personal property. The revenues are distributed to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/general_govt/gen_29_9100_anl03.htm

^[PDF] Property tax assessment.

Cities and counties impose taxes on the transfer of homes and other real estate. These transfer taxes are based on the value of the property being transferred. Transfer taxes are equal to $1.10 per $1,000 of property value in most locations, but exceed $20 per $1,000 of property in some cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170501.pdf

^[PDF] Property tax assessment.

Cities and counties impose taxes on the transfer of homes and other real estate. These transfer taxes are based on the value of the property being transferred. Transfer taxes are equal to $1.10 per $1,000 of property value in most locations, but exceed $20 per $1,000 of property in some cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170499.pdf

^[PDF] Local Government Property Tax Transfers

Cities and counties also have authority to institute a variety of taxes, including utility users', business license, property transfer, and transient occupancy taxes. These taxes raised a total of $2.4 billion in general purpose revenue for California's cities and counties in 1990-91.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/reports/local_gov_prop_tax_transfer_151_0293.pdf

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Justice Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - However, certain counties and cities benefit significantly more than others. Specifically, while 12 counties and 8 cities currently use their own resources to support local criminal laboratories, 46  counties generally do not have to use any of their resources for criminal laboratory services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4527

^[PDF] LAO 1998 Perspectives and Issues: Major Issues Facing the Legislature

Of the 33,895 new students enrolling in UC in 1996, 69 percent were first-time freshmen and 26 percent were transfer students from commu- nity colleges. (The remaining 5 percent transferred from other colleges and universities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/pdfs_pandi98/part_5_perspectives_pandi98.pdf

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Furthermore, even some of the counties that have relatively widespread local minimum wages —such as Santa Clara County —contain several cities without such policies. For minimum-wage workers in these cities, housing is even less affordable than the figure would suggest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

^[PDF] LAO 1996 Perspectives and Issues: A PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTY FISCAL CONSTRAINTS

In most counties, the majority of the population, and therefore of the tax base, lives in incorporated cities. Intergovernmental Transfers Limit Local Fiscal Flexibility While the largest county general-purpose revenue source is the prop- erty tax, the largest single revenue source is intergovernmental transfers from the state and federal governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/p965-2.pdf

1996-97 Perspectives and Issues: A Perspective on County Fiscal Constraints

In most counties, the majority of the population, and therefore of the tax base, lives in incorporated cities. Intergovernmental Transfers Limit Local Fiscal Flexibility While the largest county general-purpose revenue source is the property tax, the largest single revenue source is intergovernmental transfers from the state and federal government s.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/p965-2.html