^[PDF] California’s Housing and Homelessness Challenges in Context

Legislation passed in 2018 revamped the process regional governments use to allocate state housing targets to each city, as well as altered the methodology for setting state housing targets.  Homelessness Emergency Aid Program (HEAP).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2019/Housing-Homelessness-Challenges-022119.pdf

^[PDF] Legislative Analyst's Office

Some cities and counties have enacted minimum wages that exceed the state’s minimum wage. Currently, more than 20 cities—and all of Los Angeles County—have local minimum wages that exceed the state’s.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/3952/Analysis-DDS-022519.pdf

^[PDF] Major Recent Homelessness Spending Actions

Since 2019-20, the budget has authorized $2.95 billion General Fund in flexible aid to large cities (populations over 300,000), counties, CoCs, and more recently to tribal governments through HHAPP to fund a variety of programs and services that address homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2022/Recent-Homelessness-Spending-Actions-020822.pdf

2011 Initiative Analysis:The Local Taxpayers, Public Safety and Local Services Protection Act of 2012 (Amendment #1NS)

Cities provide police services. The state provides some funding —such as grants —to local governments for criminal justice activities, but most local law enforcement activities are funded from local revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2011/110712.aspx

^[PDF] Landfills

Local governments, generally cities and counties, are responsible for the collection and disposal of solid waste. In general, they either provide these services directly or by contracting with a private entity (such as a waste hauler).
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2023/230406.pdf

Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Shared revenues for cities and counties are estimated to increase from $2.6  billion in 2019 ‑20 to $2.8  billion in 2020 ‑21. However, this is $256  million (9  percent) less than what was previously estimated for 2019 ‑20 and $231  million (8  percent) less than previously estimated for 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=4268

^[PDF] 1962 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

The city reports an operating cost for this function of $96,828 for 1961-62. The City of San Diego, while estimating its total cost for this service at $96,828, has made some arbitrary adjustments. These consist of an estimate that $24,207 or 25 percent is related to matters other than those directly concerned with juveniles.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1962/26_local_assistance_1962.pdf

FAQs

Transit services are provided by over 200 operators in California, including cities, counties, independent special districts, transporta tion planning agencies, private nonprofit organizations, universities, and tribes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Transportation/FAQs

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The  year ‑over ‑year  net decrease is largely due to the transfer of responsibility and funding for inpatient psychiatric programs from DSH to CDCR. For more information on this transfer, please see the “Judiciary and Criminal Justice ” section of this report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/6

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Regarding undergraduate enrollment, the budget expects UC to enroll 1,500 more students in 2018 ‑19 over the 2017 ‑18 level and to enroll at least one new transfer student for every two new freshmen.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/5