^[PDF] 1998 Cal Facts: California's Fiscal Structure

Local Sales and Transaction 1.25% to 2.5% Collected with state sales and use tax. Revenues go to cities, counties and special districts. Vehicle License Fees 1.5% Tax is applied to depreciated purchase price.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/1998_calfacts_fiscal_structure.pdf

1998 Cal Facts Program Trends--Part II

Crime Rates Vary Widely Among Large Counties 1996 Crime Rates Per 100,000 Population Among the counties with populations of 500,000 or more, Fresno had the highest crime rate in 1996about 53percent higher than the statewide rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/98calfacts_program_trends_part2.html

1998 Cal Facts State Finances

Sales Tax Rates Vary by County Sales tax rates vary by county because of the optional sales taxes which counties can choose to levy. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/98calfacts_state_finances.html

Chapter 1: The Budget Outlook

Nor are they our recommendations of what tax and spending policies oug ht to be. Rather, our estimates are a baseline projection of what would happen if current policies were allowed to run their course.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_fiscal_outlook/1998_fiscal_forecast_chapter_1.html

Chapter 2: Economics and Demographic Projections

These factors significantly affect both state revenues and expenditures, due t o their impacts on state tax receipts, as well as caseloads and other cost-related factors affecting state programs. This chapter presents our economic and demographic projections for 1998 through 2004, which will help to determine California's fiscal condition over the period 1998-99 through 2003-04.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_fiscal_outlook/1998_fiscal_forecast_chapter_2.html

^[PDF] California’s Fiscal Outlook: LAO's Economic and Budget Projections 1998-99 to 2003-04

The projected increases reflect recent trends in caseload growth (about 4 percent annually) and growth in the average cost of county social work staff (about 2 percent annually). In-Home Supportive Services The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) pro- gram provides various services to eligible aged, blind, and disabled persons who are unable to remain safely in their homes without such assis- tance.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_fiscal_outlook/1998_fiscal_outlook.pdf

Cal Update May 98--Revenues Up Sharply

Revenues Exceed Expectations General Fund revenues from the state's major taxes exceeded the January budget forecast by $1.3 billion in April, primarily reflecting much stronger-than-expected final personal income tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/may_98_calupdate.html

^[PDF] UPDATE NOVEMBER 1998

Provided $27 million for a competitive grant program to county govern- ments to plan and implement programs to provide graduated sanctions for mentally ill offenders. Juvenile Challenge Grants. Provided $60 mil- lion (including $10 million in the budget act) to continue a grant program to county governments to foster innovative programs to prevent juvenile crime and delinquency.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/nov_98_inmate.pdf

October Update

However, given the normal volatility in these payments, the softness could also be due to normal quarterly fluctuations in estimated taxes. Other key revenue sources including income tax withholding, sales taxes, and corporation tax prepayments were generally on target during the first quarter of 1998-99.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/oct_98_calupdate.html

^[PDF] Special Education: Nonpublic School and Nonpublic Agency Study Final Report

Article 1. 56300 of the Education Code, Part 30: Each district, special education local plan area, or county office shall actively and systematically seek out all individuals with exceptional needs, ages 0 through 21 years, including children not enrolled in public school programs, who reside in the district or are under the jurisdiction of a special education local plan area of a county office.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/special_education_0998/special_ed_nonpublic_by_air.pdf