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2000 Budget Analysis: Condition of Transportation Funds

The SHA is by far the larger account and derives its revenues primarily from truck weight fees and the 18 cents state excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuels. Specifically, the SHA receives about 62 percent of all gas tax revenues, while the remainder go primarily to cities and counties for local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/transportation/tran_3_fund_cond_anl00.htm

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - The state meets the minimum requirement by providing schools with funding from local property tax revenue and state tax revenue. Proposal Requires Students to Complete a Personal Finance Course to Graduate High School.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Beginning in 2018-19, the state began using a revised funding formula for supporting county administrative activities in the CalWORKs program. Generally speaking, this formula increased or decreased funding gradually as caseload increased or decreased, but did not separately adjust for increases in the cost of doing business.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

Cap total compensation for executives and nonprofit hospitals. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - A public hospital is operated by the state of California, a county, a city, the University of California, a local health district or authority, or any other political subdivision of the state. A private hospital is typically operated by a corporation (either for-profit or nonprofit).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-100

December Major Taxes Far Above Projections [EconTax Blog]

Jan 3, 2018 - December Major Taxes Far Above Projections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein December is a major revenue month for the state General Fund. As shown in the table below, the state 's  three main taxes (the personal income tax, the corporate income tax, and the sales and use tax)  combined were $4 billion (28%) above the monthly target reflected in last June 's state budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/262

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2022 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. Proposition 64 created two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/762

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Crosscutting Issues

CalWORKs County Incentive Payments Should Be Related to Improved Program Performance The budget includes $545  million in 1998-99 and $479  million in 1999-00 for performance incentive payments to the counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/health_ss/health_ss_overview_anl99.html

2002 Initiative Analysis: Jarvis-Simon Homeowners and Renters Tax Relief Act

2002 Initiative Analysis: Jarvis-Simon Homeowners and Renters Tax Relief Act August 13, 2002 Dear Attorney General Lockyer: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed initiative cited as the “California Clemency Board” (File No.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2002/020698_INT.htm

Card Spending Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 19, 2020 - To do this, we use an index—a weighted average of different spending categories—designed to track movements in California’s sales tax base. In this post, we update the index to include September data.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/566

[PDF] Overview of Proposition 36 Fiscal Impacts and Selected Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs

In March 2024, voters approved Proposition 1 which made broad changes to the Mental Health Services Act that change how counties use existing funding from the millionaire’s tax on behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2025/Fiscal-Impacts-of-Proposition-36-022525.pdf