Funding for arts and music education in schools. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2021 - Public schools are operated primarily by local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. In 2020-21, California ’s public schools enrolled just over 6  million students from Transitional Kindergarten through grade 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-036

2009 Initiative Analysis: Grass Roots Initiative Reform Act (Amendment #2-S)

Under this measure, the Constitution would be amended to specify that tax levy measures passed by the Legislature would not go into effect immediately. The measure also would provide that tax levy measures, as well as "urgency statutes " (bills approved by two-thirds of the Members of the Legislature in order to take effect immediately), would be subject to the voters approving or rejecting them through the referendum process.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090604.aspx

Highlights of the 2003-04 Analysis and Perspectives & Issues

Realigning Some Programs Make Sense Under the administration's plan, the state would increase taxes by more than $8  billion and shift this funding to counties and courts, along with a similar amount of program obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/03-04_budget_highlights.html

^[PDF] Use Tax on Remote Sales

In 2016-17, the sales and use tax raised $53 billion for California’s state and local governments, including $25 billion for the state’s General Fund. (Roughly one-tenth of sales and use tax revenue comes from the use tax.) ; Sales and Use Tax Rates Vary Across Cities and Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2018/Use-Tax-101518.pdf

^[PDF] 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Health

At the time this analysis was prepared, no specifics were available on how the savings would be achieved. ➢ Increase Alcohol Excise Tax to Fund Alcohol and Drug Programs. The bud- get plan proposes to raise the excise tax on each type of alcohol by a “nickel-a- drink” to generate an estimated $585 mil- lion annually in new revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/health/health_anl09.pdf

^[PDF] The Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012

The measure could result in savings to the state and local governments by reducing the number of marijuana offenders incarcerated in state prisons and county jails, as well as the number placed under community supervision (such as county probation).
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2011/110650.pdf

2017 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 12, 2017 - Insurance Gross Premiums Tax                       Lower Estimates of Revenue Loss Associated With Managed Care Organizations Deal. The 2016-17 budget package levied a special health care tax on managed care organizations (MCOs) for three years and exempted them from the CT and  the insurance tax  over the same period.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/240

Welfare Reform in California: A Welfare-to-Work Approach

This is primarily becau se recipients who lose the disregard would still retain a significant financial benefit from continuing to work (for example, from the Earned Income Tax Credit [EITC], which provid es a tax reduction or refundable credit for low-income working persons).
https://lao.ca.gov/1997/012397_cal_welfare_reform/welfare_reform_197.html

Supplemental Report of the 2004 Budget Act

The Board of Equalization (BOE) shall provide to the Chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature by December 1, 2004, a report that provides an analysis of methodological approaches to allocating the administrative costs of collecting the sales and use tax and the transactions and use tax among and
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/supp_report/supp_rpt_2004_budget_act.htm

California Update, August 1996

State Route 125 private toll road in San Diego County, one of four private toll roads authorized by AB 680 (Ch 107/89). State Route 905 in San Diego County, if legislation is enacted to authorize its development as a toll road.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/cal_update/aug_96_calupdate.html