Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Uniquely, the City of Long Beach in Los Angeles County also has rights to certain oil reserves. While only a small portion of oil extraction comes from publicly owned reserves, the state and city both directly receive a portion of the annual revenue generated from extracting these reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The 2019 MOU included a provision that established a working group to develop strategies to enhance recruitment, transfer, and retention of female staff at women’s prisons. We asked CDCR to provide an update to us on the outcome of this working group.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Of California ’s 482 cities, 121 are charter cities. Zoning, Land Use, and Housing. Both general law and charter cities and counties in California make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Typi cally, local jurisdictions such as cities or counties inspect the construction and issue permits to operate when solar panels are installed. These local governments cover the costs of conducting this oversight through permit fees levied on owners.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Local governments, generally cities and counties, are responsible for the collection and disposal of solid waste. In general, they either provide these services directly or by contracting with a private entity (such as a waste hauler).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget]

Aug 18, 2023 - Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget] a Includes funding for Necessary Small Schools. b Increases the amount of funding districts receive through LCFF base, supplemental, and concentration grants. c Implemented as a special LCFF add-on. d Includes funding related to inter-district transfer students, support for the State Special Schools, the Education Protection Account, and $3.5 million to support the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/788

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Most relevant to AB  531, the proposals include $25  billion for home ownership and construction (SB  834 [Portantino]), $10  billion for affordable rental housing and home ownership programs (AB  1657 [Wicks]), and $5.2  billion for substance use treatment and other behavioral health programs (AB  1510 [Jones-Sawyer]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - Finally, the legislation provides Caltrans with various new authorities related to purchasing and/or transferring property and credits for environmental mitigation purposes, as well as creating environmental mitigation-related endowments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - The expanded special rules would apply to future property transfers. The rules would also apply to properties that have transferred since Proposition  19 took effect on February  16, 2021. Expands Special Rules to All Inherited Properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - Another way to fundamentally address MHSA revenue volatility would be to transfer the MHSA tax that is collected to the state General Fund and shift a dedicated portion of the General Fund tax base to fund the MHSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780