Volatility of California’s Personal Income Tax Structure

Sep 28, 2017 - Moreover, transfer payments tend to rise during recessions when other categories of income decline, so they serve to smooth out aggregate income from one year to the next. Why Do Graduated Rates and Other Provisions Make the PIT More Volatile?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3703

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - According to UC, the proposal would fund three categories of grants: (1) “translational science research grants that will accelerate climate resilience through transfer of ideas and technologies to practice, ” (2) “emergency seed grants to invest in climate disaster preparedness and mitigation, ” and (3) “seed and matching grants to support other climate ‑focused funding
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

^[PDF] 1950 Budget Analysis: Department of Natural Resources

Acquisition has been geared largely to the expenditure of the $15,000,000 which was first appropriated by Chapter 1422, Statutes of 1945, and later transferred to the State Park Fund and State Beach - 359- Fund by the Budget Act of 1948.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1950/19_resources_1950.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill General Government Crosscutting Issues

Redevelopment Housing Redevelopment is a process used by California cities and counties to correct "blighted" conditions in their urban areas. When a community establishes a redevelopment project area, the amount of property taxes flowing to taxing agencies serving the area (city, county, special districts, and school districts) is generally frozen.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/general_govt/general_govt_crosscutting_anl99.html

^[PDF] 1965 Budget Analysis: Executive

The council is composed of eighteen members appointed by the Gov- ern.or including three city officers, three county officers, two school district officers, six state officers, and four public members.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1965/04_executive_1965.pdf

The California Craft Cannabis Initiative [Ballot]

Jun 9, 2015 - State law also authorizes cities and counties to regulate the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries in their jurisdictions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005, however, that federal authorities could continue under federal law to prosecute California patients and providers engaged in the cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-017

^[PDF] Overview of Selected Sentencing Changes and Avoided State Costs

In 2023-24, this transfer was $113 million. In total, $721 million has been transferred between 2016-17 and 2023-24. These savings are primarily associated with the reduction in the state prison population resulting from the measure, currently estimated to be around 4,000 people. „ Funds Are Continuously Appropriated to Designated Purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2024/Selected-Sentencing-Changes-041124.pdf

^[PDF] 1961 Budget Analysis: Judicial Branch

The court has jurisdiction over certain original proceedings and hears appeals transferred from the Supreme Court. It is composed of three divisions of three justices each and is currently supported by a staff of 31.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1961/03_judicial_1961.pdf

LAO 2005 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Governor's Budget-Related Reforms

The Governor's proposal to eliminate the ability t o suspend Proposition  42 transfers after 2006-07 means that transportation programs would have somewhat more stable revenue sources in the future. We note, however, that the Proposition  42 transfer would be subject to the across-the-board reductions discussed earlier, causing continued funding uncertainty for transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/2005_pandi/pi_part_5_1_budget_reforms_anl05.htm

^[PDF] InitiativAmend the Constitution to allow and facilitate future, but unknown, legislative actions that could substantially increase state healthcare spending and associated tax revenues.e Letter

Because the measure does not, on its own, make any changes to existing healthcare programs, raise new tax revenues, or transfer existing tax revenues, the measure has no direct fiscal effects. Instead, the fiscal effects of the measure entirely depend upon whether the Legislature passed future healthcare-related legislation increasing state revenues or transferring existing revenues to the HCTF.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170547.pdf