City Budgets Reflect Local

City Budgets Reflect Local Preferences City revenues are generated from a variety of taxes and user charges, with only a small amount of state and federal aid. User charges and taxes each account for about one-third of city revenues statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/011696_calfacts/cf96c.html

Policy Brief: Reversing the Property Tax Shifts

Certain property tax transfers were less than anticipated (about $150 million). Subsequent legislation has reduced the amount of the shift by about $20 million. The shift legislation authorized (until 1997-98) a $20 million reduction from the amounts due from disaster-damaged cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/040296_prop_tax_shifts/pb040296.html

Supplemental Report 1996-97 Fiscal Year

The eligibility requirements for cities and/or unincorporated areas applying jointly or individually for a grant; b. The requirement that a cash or in-kind match be made by an applicant city or cities; c.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/070796_sup_report/1996_supplemental_report5.html

^[PDF] A Primer on the Vehicle License Fee An LAO

The VLF is a fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle that provides nearly $4 billion in annual revenues. This report is intended to an- swer a number of questions related to the VLF and these proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/061798_vlf_primer/061798_vlf.pdf

1998 Cal Facts State Finances

Existing sales tax rates range from a low of 7.25 percent in counties with no local option taxes, to a high of 8.5 percent in the City and County of San Francisco. State Spending Has Recovered Following Recession Real, Per-Capita Spending (1998 Dollars) For 1998-99, total real per capita spending will be $1,627.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/98calfacts_state_finances.html

Chapter 1: The Budget Outlook

Over the longer term (from 1999-00 through 2003-04), we project that total General Fund revenues and transfers will increase by about 5.7  percent per year, or roughly similar to statewide personal income growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_fiscal_outlook/1998_fiscal_forecast_chapter_1.html

Major Features of the 1999 California Budget

Background The VLF is an annual fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle in California, levied in place of taxing vehicles as personal property. The revenues are distributed to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/99_budget_features.html

May 1999 Cal Update

Contact--Brad Williams--(916) 324-4942 Property Tax Shift or "ERAF" Data On LAO Web Site During the early 1990s, in response to significant state budget deficits, the state permanently shifted over $3 billion of local property taxes from cities, counties, and special d istricts to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/cal_update/may_99_calupdate.html

California Tax Expenditures Programs: Sales and Use Taxes Part 1

First, gas and electric bills are subject to municipal utility user taxes in many cities, often at rates higher than the sales tax rate. Thus, it is argued by some that the sales tax exemption avoids subjecting gas and electricity to double taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/tax_expenditure_299/tep_299_salestax1.html

^[PDF] The 2002-03 Senate Budget Bill SB 1261 (Peace)

The Senate version assumes total revenues and transfers of $78.7 billion, which is $57 million higher than the May Revision. The Senate version assumes the administration’s revenue forecast, including its tax proposals, but incorporates additional funds from transfers.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/floor_packets/052902_sen_floor_packet.pdf