^[PDF] For cities, counties, and special districts,

For cities, counties, and special districts, bonds paid for by increased property taxes typically require two-thirds of local voters to approve them. These are called general obligation bonds. PROPOSAL Proposition 5 changes the rules in the California Constitution for approving certain local government general obligation bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2024/prop5-110524.pdf

2009 Initiative Analysis: Financial Accountability in Redistricting Act

In addition to meeting the requirements of federal law, the commission is required to adopt district boundaries that adhere to a number of requirements to the extent possible, including: Maintaining entire cities, counties, neighborhoods, and "communities of interest " in single districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090861.aspx

2009 Initiative Analysis: California Education Tax Relief Act

These revenues are split among cities, counties, school districts, and community college districts, with distribution among the various entities varying by county. In 2008 ‑09, roughly $15.4  billion in local property tax revenues were provided to school and community college districts for general operations and administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090630.aspx

2007 Initiative Analysis: Freedom Against Sterilization Act

This measure amends the State Constitution to prohibit governmental entities (state, county, city, or other) from enacting or enforcing any law that coerces or mandates the temporary or permanent sexual sterilization of any human or animal.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070771.aspx

APPENDIX B

. , which conditions, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or with re spect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/electricity/appendix_b.htm

^[PDF] 1968 Budget Analysis: STATE FIRE MARSHAL

Reviews construction blueprints and specifications of schools, city and county facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, homes for children and aged, mental hospitals and sanitariums, places of public assembly, state-owned facilities, dry cleaning establishments and camps for inclu- sion of required fire-resistant qualities of the building structure, ad- equacy and protection of exit
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1968/13_fire_marshal_1968.pdf

^[PDF] Vehicle License Fee

The VLF is collected by the state and allocated to local governments—cities and counties—based on population. In 1998, the Legislature began a series of reductions in the effective VLF rate, resulting in a decrease in the fee from 2 percent of the depreciated value to 0.65 percent, representing an overall decline of 67.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/030741.pdf

2004 Initiative Analysis: Redistricting Reform: The Voter Empowerment Act

Among these requirements are: (1)  for state offices, population differences among districts cannot exceed 1  percent; (2)  the BOE districts must be comprised of adjacent legislative districts; and (3)  the plan must minimize the splitting of counties and cities into multiple districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/040623.htm

2004 Initiative Analysis: Redistricting Reform--The Voter Empowerment Act

Among these requirements are: (1)  for state offices, population differences among districts cannot exceed 1  percent; (2)  the BOE districts must be comprised of adjacent legislative districts; and (3)  the plan must minimize the splitting of counties and cities into multiple districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/040708.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Fair Voting and Equal Representation Act (version 1)

Among these requirements ar e: (1)  for state offices, population differences among districts cannot exceed 2  percent; (2)  the plan must not dilute the voting strength of minorities; and (3)  the plan must minimize the splitting of counties and cities into multiple districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050016.htm