^[PDF] Taxes to fund public schools and colleges.

The vast majority of taxes used for the public education system comes from the state General Fund (revenues of which come primarily from personal income, but also sales taxes and other revenues) and local property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170570.pdf

Despite Fiscal Forecasting Uncertainties, Multiyear Budget Planning Essential

May 27, 2021 - Prudence dictates that only when baseline projections show operating surpluses (annual revenues exceeding expenditures) can new ongoing commitments or tax reductions be considered. Conversely, if projections indicate a looming structural deficit, the estimates are helpful in functioning as an early warning system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4443

^[PDF] Major Milestones: Over Four Decades of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship

Set property tax rate at 1 percent, cutting local government property taxes by over half. Transferred control over property tax allocation to state. Established acquisition-based assessment system. Requires new local special taxes to be approved by two-thirds of voters.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2012/state-local-fiscal-relationship-112912.pdf

2009 Initiative Analysis: Ask Us First Taxpayer Protection Act of 2010

Background State Tax Increases. The State Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature for measures that result in increases in revenues from imposing new state taxes or changing existing state taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090846.aspx

2009 Initiative Analysis: The McCauley Pension Recovery Act

While the proposed excise tax is not technically a tax on current income, the outcome is similar (especially since this measure allows the excise tax to be paid over time). As a result, the excise tax may not survive a legal challenge.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090203.aspx

^[PDF] Tax Relief Provisions Included in the 2009 Federal Stimulus Legislation

Tax Relief Provisions Included in the 2009 Federal Stimulus Legislation L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 23, 2009 Tax Relief Provisions Included in the 2009 Federal Stimulus Legislation Provision Description National Totala Personal Income Tax “Making work pay” credit Creates a new credit of up to $800 in 2009 and 2010
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Econ/2009/Tax_Relief_03_23_09.pdf

^[PDF] Tobacco Tax and Disease Prevention Act of 2006

BACKGROUND Tobacco Taxes Existing Tax Rate. Current state law imposes excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The state’s cigarette tax is currently 87 cents per pack (with an equivalent tax on other types of tobacco products) and is levied on cigarette distributors, who supply cigarettes to retail stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050782.pdf

LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: General Government, Board of Equalization (0860)

This involves the acquisition of cigarettes in other states or other countries (with lower excise taxes than California's or no excise taxes at all) and their transportation into California without the payment of the tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/general_govt/gen_14_0860_anl03.htm

^[PDF] Taxpayer Protection Act of 2010

Local Taxes. Local governments may impose or increase taxes (other than ad valorem property taxes) subject to the approval of their local voters. If the local gov- ernment proposes to use the tax proceeds for general purposes (a “general tax”), the tax requires approval by a majority of local voters.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090772.pdf

^[PDF] Temporary extension of Proposition 30 income tax increases.

Proposition 30 temporarily raised some state taxes.  Sales Taxes. Proposition 30 increased the state sales tax rate by one-quarter cent from 2013 through 2016. In the current fiscal year, this increase is budgeted to generate $1.6 billion of revenue.  Income Taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150492.pdf