Recommended Legislation: General Government

LAO Contact Gerald Beavers or Megan Atkinson: 322-8402   Board of Equalization and Franchise Tax Board Consolidate Boards Into a New Department of Revenue Recommendation Enact legislation to create a Department of Revenue to carry out state tax administration activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1298_rec_legislation/1298_legislation_gen_government.html

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

The remaining one-third goes directly to cities and counties to support local street and road maintenance and rehabilitation. Federal Funding Also Supports Transportation Projects. In addition to state excise tax revenues, the state receives federal fuel excise tax revenue for transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4528/fuel-tax-rates-021122.pdf

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Most of the federal funds from the state support county costs for health and human services programs, like Medi-Cal and CalWORKs. Northern California Counties Receive the Most Funding Per Person. While the state ’s most populous counties —like Los Angeles and San Diego —received more federal funding than rural counties, northern counties received more federal funding per person, as shown in Figure 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/5

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Historically, these shifts—or realignments—aimed to benefit both the state and counties by providing greater local flexibility over services, allowing counties opportunities to innovate and improve program outcomes, and encouraging cost savings by requiring counties to share in program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3886

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Health: Executive Summary

How counties administer Medi –Cal eligibility determinations affects access to care for the poor, compliance with federal laws, and overall state costs for the Medi –Cal Program. We find that the state ’s failure to promulgate regulations regarding eligibility functions can cause inefficiency at the county level and impede the state ’s ability to manage county administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/health/health_anl09001.aspx

^[PDF] State Spending Plan for 1989-90

The 1989 Budget Act and Related Major Legislation • Dedicating Specified Sales Tax Revenues ForTransportation. Additional sales tax revenues arising from increasing the gas tax would be used for specified transpor- tation programs rather thanbeingdepos- ited in the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1989/0889_state_spending_plan.pdf

Core Funding for County Offices of Education [EdBudget]

Jul 31, 2019 - Core Funding for County Offices of Education [EdBudget] a Reflects annual apportionment as reported by the California Department of Education. b Reflects the administration's estimates as adopted in the 2019-20 budget plan. c The 2019-20 budget includes a $234,000 augmentation to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to this add-on. d Consists of $2 million to support the Museum of
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/287

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - As required by Proposition  56 (2016), the budget provides $32  million in new cigarette tax revenue to support tobacco use prevention education in California schools. The funds are to be allocated in accordance with the existing Tobacco Use Prevention Education program administered by CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/3

^[PDF] Taxpayer protection and government accountability.

Local governments use revenues from taxes and fees to fund a variety of services, like fire and police, public works, and parks. Current Requirements to Approve Taxes and Fees. State law requires increases in local taxes to receive approval of the local governing body—for example, a city council or county board of supervisors—as well as approval of voters in that local jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210624.pdf

2002 Budget Analysis: P&I, Perspectives on State Expenditures

Certain proposals of the Governor regarding state-county health and social services pr ograms may increase county costs. Capital Outlay . The budget includes $1.7  billion for capital outlay projects, of which the vast majority are financed from bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/2002_pandi/pi_part_4a_anl02.html