TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW

The following figure shows the sources and uses of these tax re venues. Traffic Growth Outpaces Fuel Tax Revenue Fuel tax revenues for the state highway system have failed to keep pace with the growth in highway driving.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgtrans1.html

STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

Los Angeles County has 638 bridges in the seismic retrofit program, the greatest number of any single county. The second largest number of bridges are in San Diego County (257). O f counties outside of southern California, Alameda has the greatest number of bridges in the seismic retrofit program (179).
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgtrans2.html

MASS TRANSPORTATION

Fares Fund a Small Portion Of Transit Operations The state's seven largest transit systems serve the major urban areas in California and include (1) the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA), (2) Bay Area Rapid Tran sit District (BART), (3) San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI), (4) Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), (5) Santa Clara County Transit District, (6) Sacramento Regional Transit, and (7) San Diego Regional Transit.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgtrans3.html

Three Strikes and You're Out

In a survey of 15 counties conducted by the Board of Corrections, six counties indicated that they have modified their inmate security systems to better handle and track second- and third-strike inmates, and five counties indicated that they plan to increase their security levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010695_three_strikes/sc010695.html

Los Angeles County's Fiscal Problem

Currently-Authorized Tax Options. These include: Sales Taxes . Upon approval by a majority of the county's voters, the county could increase the local sales tax by 1/4 or 1/2 of one percent and use the funds for general county purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/071195_la_county/lacfin.html

Focus Budget 1995

Provides state support for county juvenile camps. Increases county costs for Youth Authority commitments. Fiscal Provisions. Offers counties up to $180 million (over three years) in forgivable loans, modifies laws regarding delinquent property taxes, and provides a $5 million loan to Merced County.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/080495_budget_highlights/fc080495.html

^[PDF] The 1995-96 Budget Act and Related Legislation

The Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, however, has expressed concern that property tax revenues may not reach the level projected by the DOF. To the extent that property tax revenues are less than the amount esti- mated, the Chancellor’s Office indicates that funding for enrollment growth in 1995-96 will be reduced accordingly.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/092298_spending_plan/rp92295.pdf

State Spending Plan--Summary, Chap. 1 & 2

State/County Program Realignment The January budget proposed to shift to the counties $1.9 billion of state costs for AFDC grants, foster care and child welfare services. Most of these costs were proposed to be o ffset by shifting a total of $1.6 billion in state resources to the counties via increased trial court funding and subventions of sales tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/092298_spending_plan/rp92295a.html

A variety of factors could result in the General Fund

We note, however, that much of these potential st ate savings, in the absence of other state law changes, would be offset by costs to the counties, primarily for General Assistance. While the fiscal impact of federal Medicaid reform proposals is not clear at this time, it appears that California could lose as much as $2  billion annually in federal funds in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/110195_fiscal_outlook/outchap5.html

New Funding Model for Special Education -- Part I

At the discretion of local districts and county boards of education, taxes could be levied to supplement the state allowances. Development of the MPSE began in 1971 when the CDE conducted a series of conferences throughout the state with parents, teachers, and administrators to discuss every aspect of special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/110195_special_ed/se1195a.html