The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Court Security Funding for Counties

Jan 25, 2017 - This realignment shifted responsibility for funding most trial court security costs (provided by county sheriffs) from the state General Fund to counties. Specifically, the state shifted $496  million in tax revenues to counties to finance these new responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3538

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Jan 23, 2017 - These allowances still would be subject to Medicare payroll taxes paid by the state and employees. In total, the adm inistration estimates that this provision will increase annual state costs by $5.7  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3534

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - Selected County–Level Data
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532/1

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - A –G completion rates by county range from a high of 61  percent in Marin to a low of 11  percent in Inyo. Generally, coastal counties in the Bay Area and Southern California have higher rates than the statewide average, whereas less populous and inland counties have lower rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - This method is consistent throughout the blog series except in Post 5, where we discuss all federal expenditures received by counties. Federal Medicaid funding for child welfare services, for example, is distributed from the federal government, to the state, and then to counties for the provision of services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - To do this, the Tax Foundation increases its estimate of tax revenues from each state in proportion to the total federal deficit. In effect, this inflates the estimated amount Californians “pay” in taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/2

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Most of the federal funds from the state support county costs for health and human services programs, like Medi-Cal and CalWORKs. Northern California Counties Receive the Most Funding Per Person. While the state ’s most populous counties —like Los Angeles and San Diego —received more federal funding than rural counties, northern counties received more federal funding per person, as shown in Figure 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/5

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Total Federal Expenditures by County. In this post, estimates of total federal expenditures by county include: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, federal civilian wages, military wages, government contracts, veterans ’ benefits, Supplementary Security Income (SSI), the refundable portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - In these posts, we display total federal expenditures by major program, recipient, and county. We also compare federal expenditures in California to other states. Direct Federal Expenditures to Individuals, Private Entities, and Universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - These online posts estimate and explore federal expenditures in California, which we define as the amount of federal spending that we can directly attribute to recipients in California. In this set of posts, we display total federal expenditures by major program, recipient, and county. We also compare federal expenditures in California to other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/4