The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - Counties are generally responsible for the youths placed by juvenile courts. These youths are typically allowed to remain with their families under the supervision of county probation, with some placed elsewhere (such as in county-run camps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

Mar 30, 2017 - For a few programs —generally those operated by county offices of education —the state waits to finalize funding until it receives Annual data. The role of the P-1 report is to provide an interim estimate of attendance until better data become available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3638

The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - In order to receive bond monies, a county had to expend $1 of county funds to receive $3 of bond monies —a three ‑to ‑one ratio of state ‑to ‑county money. The proportion of the bond monies available to each county depended on a formula that took into account each county ’s number of eligible, registered, and participating voters and number of polling places.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2017 - We recommend the Legislature develop a new financial relationship between the state and counties to (1) direct statewide elections policy and (2) provide a reasonable and reliable level of financial support that reflects the benefits to the state of county elections administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3634

The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program

Mar 27, 2017 - The current funding structure for county property tax administration, including county assessors, raises important questions about intercounty disparities. Because the school share of property taxes varies across counties, requiring counties to cover the schools ’ share of property tax administration costs places a greater burden on some counties than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3632

The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program [Publication Details]

Mar 27, 2017 - Under SCAPAP, the state allocated grants to eight county assessors’ offices to improve local administration of the property tax. In this report, we look at data from the first two years of SCAPAP and attempt to gauge the program’s effect on property tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3632

A History of California’s Budget Reserves

Mar 24, 2017 - State revenues, particularly those from the personal income tax (PIT), are volatile . In particular, the PIT tax base includes capital gains (gains on the sale of stocks, bonds, certain homes, and other assets), which vary considerably from year to year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3630

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - (Properties built without permits may not be contained within the county rolls, however, city and county governments likely would not have these addresses either.) Rather than distributing the funds across all cities and counties, encouraging LUCA participation by county assessors (on behalf o f the county and its cities) could increase the funding available to each county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - Nevertheless, improvements are ongoing to the Los  Angeles area transportation system, like those funded from the recently approved county sales tax measure (Measure M). LA  2024 ’s bid documents highlight that these new improvements —including improvements like those listed in the February  7 letter from the Governor ’s Office —will aid the region in hosting the Games.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - Required Central Valley cities and counties to amend zoning ordinances to conform to the CVFPP and to their amended general plans, including by prohibiting new development in areas not protected up to the 200 ‑year flood standard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571