Summary of LAO Findings and Recommendations on the 2012-13 Budget

Select Policy Area Select all Child Care Criminal Justice General Government Health Higher Education K-12 Education Resources and Environmental Protection Revenues Social Services Transportation, Business and Housing   OR   Select Department Select all 0.5-Crosscutting 4.21-Health Care Premium Savings 0250-Judiciary 0552-Office of the Inspector General 0690-Governor 's Office of Emergency
https://lao.ca.gov/laoapp/budgetlist/PublicSearch.aspx?PolicyAreaNum=22&Department_Number=-1&KeyCol=0&Yr=2012

Administration’s trailer bill proposal related to future “triple flip” unwinding mechanism

Mar 15, 2013 - (Specifically, the final allocation to local governments is equal to the whole amount that cities and counties “lost ” because of the 0.25 percent sales tax reduction minus the total ERAF transfers to cities and counties under the triple flip that occurred while the Bradley-Burns sales tax rate w as reduced temporarily.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/727

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - This effect is larger when the difference in ownership tenure is greater: prope rties owned one to five years longer than their neighbors were 25  percent less likely to be developed, compared to 69  percent for properties owned for 20 to 25 years longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497

^[PDF] "Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act"

For example, during this period, the Legislature enacted laws that: • • • Annually transfer over $5 billion of property taxes from cities, counties, and special districts to K-14 districts. The increased school property taxes, in turn, reduce the state’s K-14 spending obligations by a commensurate amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031003.pdf

^[PDF] Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act

For example, during this period, the Legislature enacted laws that: • • • Annually transfer over $5 billion of property taxes from cities, counties, and special districts to K-14 districts. The increased school property taxes, in turn, reduce the state’s K-14 spending obligations by a commensurate amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031080.pdf

Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Several California cities —including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose —and some unincorporated communities have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008

An Evaluation of the School Facility Fee Affordable Housing Assistance Programs

E xisting home owners have already overcome the major barriers to first-time home ownership. While the developer fee reimbursement may provide them the flexibility to purchase a slig htly more expensive home, the programs will not represent the difference between renting and home ownership.
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/011701_school_facility_fee.html

^[PDF] Local Sales Tax Revenue Allocation

All Bradley-Burns revenue from these transactions goes to the city where the advance purchase occurs, even though the physical transfer of fuel occurs elsewhere. L E G I S L AT I V E A N A LY S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 Bradley-Burns Revenue Per Resident Varies Across Cities Revenue Per Resident, 2022-23 Commerce Shafter Dinuba Tracy Cupertino Bakersfield Santa Clarita McFarland Hillsborough Chief Dep.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2023/Sales-Tax-Revenue-111523.pdf

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - 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/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

2002 Budget Analysis: P&I, The Vehicle License Fee and The 2002-03 Budget

Proposition  47, passed by the voters in 1986, provides that all VLF revenues —except those from trailer coaches —must be allocated to cities and counties (Article XI, Section 15 of the State Constitution).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/2002_pandi/pi_part_5d_vlf_anl02.html