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The budget does not contain any provisions allowing cities or counties flexibility to shift funds among these programs. The budget legislation also contains some formulas and general direction to determine how the funding would be allocated among counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/spend_plan/spend_plan_081211.pdf

^[PDF] The Master Plan at 50: Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities

San Bernardino The following school districts in San Bernardino County: Apple Valley, Chaffey, Colton, Fon- tana, Hesperia, Morongo, Redlands, Rialto, Rim of the World, San Bernardino City, Victor Valley, and Yucaipa.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/regional_access/regional_access_021411.pdf

^[PDF] Analysis of Newly Identified Mandates

On March 24, 2011, based on claims fi led by 17 counties, 50 cities, and 6 special districts for the years 2000-01 through 2008-09, the commission estimated the state’s costs for this mandate to be $4.9 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/Newly_Identified_Mandates_6_1_11.pdf

^[PDF] High-Speed Rail Is at a Critical Juncture

(This initial construction segment estimate also does not include the cost of completing the line into Bakersfield, nor the $200 million station planned for that city.) If the cost of building the entire Phase 1 system were to grow as much as the revised HSRA Figure 4 Comparison of Costs for Fresno to Bakersfield Segment (Dollars in Millions) 2009 Estimate 2011 Estimate Estimated
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/trns/high_speed_rail/high_speed_rail_051011.pdf

^[PDF] The 2012-13 Budget: Overview of the May Revision

We characterize $8.8 billion of the administration’s budget actions as revenue actions, $5.2 billion as expenditure actions, and $5.4 billion as other actions (principally non-recurring fund shifts, transfers, and loans).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/bud/may_revise/overview-may-revise-051812.pdf

^[PDF] Restructuring California's Adult Education System

Alternatively, individuals could participate in these programs through other local providers, such as senior centers and city parks and recreation departments. Establish Clear line Between Adult Education and Collegiate Education at CCC Recommend Establishing Clear Distinctions Between Precollegiate and Collegiate Instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/adult-education/restructuring-adult-education-120412.pdf

^[PDF] A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California

Layoffs resulting from declining enrollment are allowed either when a district’s student count is below the previous two years or when an interdistrict student transfer agreement is terminated. • State law also allows districts to lay off teachers if they can show that they need to reduce a “particular kind of service.”
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/teacher-layoffs/teacher-layoffs-032212.pdf

^[PDF] Insufficient ERAF: Examining A Recent Issue in Local Government Finance

City and County Fiscal Benefits Vary Significantly. While most cities and counties have benefited from the faster growth of VLF swap payments, some cities and counties with less growth in assessed valuation or more growth in population have received less benefit from the VLF swap than other cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/localgov/ERAF/eraf-121812.pdf

^[PDF] Letter to Roger Dickinson

This arrangement may take the form of a JPA if it involves joint ownership of equipment. Similar arrangements have been pursued by northern San Diego County fire districts. In addition, Orange County’s LAFCO has established a website to help local governments share services to achieve efficiencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/stadm/letters/dickinson_102111.pdf

^[PDF] Understanding California's Property Taxes

A particularly large impact on assessed valuation tends to occur in years when a large number of these properties transfer from Proposition 13 assessment to reduced assessment. As shown by the dark bars in the figure below, recently sold, newly built, and decline-in-value properties typically account for more than two-thirds of total changes in countywide assessed value in Santa Clara County.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.pdf