Measuring CalWORKs Performance

Sep 6, 2017 - A fourth measure —the percentage of CalWORKs participants with earnings sufficient to receive the maximum benefit from the federal earned income tax credit —was added later. In order to receive incentive funding from the Pay for Performance program, counties would either have to make a minimum level of improvement on a given performance measure or rank in the top 20  percent of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3702

^[PDF] Local Control Funding Formula for County Offices of Education

This number will continue to increase over time as COEs with high property tax growth begin to receive more state aid on top of their LCFF levels.  The cost of the second rule has grown from $30 million in 2013-14 to $73 million in 2015-16, and to an estimated $85 million in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2017/LCFF-for-COEs-030717.pdf

^[PDF] The 206-17 Budget: Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Proposals

In California, many cities and counties find that housing developments lead to more local costs than offsetting tax revenues. This is because these properties do not produce sales or hotel tax revenues directly and the state’s cities and counties typically receive only a small portion of the revenue collected from the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3470/Streamline-Local-Housing-Approvals.pdf

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth [Publication Details]

Aug 10, 2023 - In this post, we evaluate the impact of the Governor’s Behavioral Health Modernization proposal on Mental Health Services Act spending by counties on children and youth mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4786

California Update--April 1995

The January budget includes $200 million annually in reimbursements from counties in 1994-95 and 1995-96 to offset General Fund Medi-Cal costs. These reimbursements were assumed i n the 1994-95 budget agreement, based on the expectation that counties would receive substantial additional federal funds for administrative and case-management activities associat ed with the Medi-Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/cal_update/cup495.html

^[PDF] "The Motorist Protection Act"

Moreover, by capping the fees and taxes assessed on commercial vehicles, the measure would result in an annual reduction in commercial vehicle license fee revenues of between $700 million and $800 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/030715.pdf

LAO Recommended Legislation: Education

LAO Reference Please see our report, Taking Advantage of New Federal Higher Education Tax Credits (February 1998). LAO Contact
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1298_rec_legislation/1298_legislation_education.html

^[PDF] Major Features of the 1996 California Budget Budget Brief

The maximum monthly grant for aged and disabled individuals (the largest cat- egory of recipients) will be reduced, in November 1996, from $626 to $596 in high-cost counties and to $568 in low-cost counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/071096_bud_major_features/pb71096.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1994 Budget Perspectives and Issues: AN OVERVIEW OF STATE EXPENDITURES

The budget also reflects a General Fund increase of $87 million to offset a net decrease in revenue from the local property tax. This figure represents the net effect of (1) an increase of $151 million related to a proposed property tax shift from the colleges to local governments that is part of the Governor's state-county restructuring proposal
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1994/1994_pandi/pi94part4.pdf

U.S. Retail Sales Update: March 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 15, 2021 - March retail sales were nearly 10 percent above February and 28 percent above March 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/643