^[PDF] Open Meeting Act Mandate

.  City of Vista. For 109 meetings in 2005-06, the city claimed $20,174. The city claimed the fl at rate for 90 shorter agendas. The city claimed 30 minutes of staff time (at a $46.17 hourly rate) to prepare each item on the other agendas.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2010/Open_Meeting_Act_6_16_10.pdf

^[PDF] Open Meeting Act Mandate

.  City of Vista. For 109 meetings in 2005-06, the city claimed $20,174. The city claimed the fl at rate for 90 shorter agendas. The city claimed 30 minutes of staff time (at a $46.17 hourly rate) to prepare each item on the other agendas.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2011/Open_Meeting_2_24_11.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillCapital Outlay Departmental Issues, Part II

For three projects--a library addition at Fresno City College and new libraries at Pasadena City College and San Francisco City College--the new libraries resulted in the districts having, at most, two-thirds of the space allowed under the state standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/cap_outlay_depts2-b_anal97.html

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - In another example, at least one California city has used GPS tracking devices in “bait ” cars in order to reduce motor ‑vehicle thefts. Accordingly, the Legislature could consider funding a pilot to test these  ideas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

A proposed constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 3, 2015 - While state law prohibits the establishment of facilities that distribute, sell, or cultivate medical marijuana within 600 feet of a school, it otherwise gives cities and counties the discretion to regulate the location and operations of such facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-041

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The budget does not contain any provisions allowing cities or counties flexibility to shift funds among these programs. The budget legislation also contains some formulas and general direction to determine how the funding would be allocated among counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/spend_plan/spend_plan_081211.pdf

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Publication Details]

Aug 7, 2012 - These filings—occurring just months after the City of Vallejo completed its three year Chapter 9 process—have raised questions about the use of Chapter 9 in California. In this report, we answer some of the common questions about the Chapter 9 process for California local governments such as: which local governments are allowed to file for bankruptcy protections and under what
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2648

^[PDF] Investment Income and the Insurance Gross Premiums Tax

Transferring Income to Avoid Taxation In response to concerns that corporations may try to transfer profi ts to their insur- ance subsidiaries in order to avoid taxation, Chapter 868 established several limits on transactions between corporations and their affi liated insurers, including the phase out of the deduction on dividends and a limitation on the amount of nontaxable, noninsur- ance income an insurance subsidiary may earn.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Econ/2008/Gross_Premiums_7_24_08.pdf

Health and Social Services Departmental Issues

The viral load test, however, is currently funded by cities and counties using federal Ryan White Care Act Title I funds (and in some cases Title II funds). Thus, the budget proposal generally represents a cost shift from local g overnments to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/health_ss_depts1-a_anal97.html

^[PDF] Overview of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education

No Single Way to Measure Success of Transfer Process • Higher education researchers have not been able to agree on the most appropriate way to measure “transfer rates” (percentage of a cohort of community college students who transfer to a four-year university). • The primary disagreement is about which students to include in the base of
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2005/Master_Plan_Overview_022205.pdf