FEES AND FINANCIAL AID

Student Fee and Property Tax Support Increasing For the UC, the CSU, and the community colleges, the three major state-allocated funding sources are the General Fund, local property taxes, and student fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cghied2.html

STATE EXPENDITURES

In 1993-94, a half-cent of state sales tax revenue--about $1.5 billion annually-- was dedicated to the new Local Public Safety Fund in order to partly offset the shift of property tax revenues from local governments to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgsbud3.html

GAIN PROGRAM

For every dollar spent on GAIN Program servi ces, the returns (measured as savings from lower AFDC grant payments and increased tax revenues due to higher incomes to program participants) were less than one dollar.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgss3.html

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

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