Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: Health and Social Services Overview

State and County Realignment The Governor's realignment proposal involves a shift of $1.9 billion in spending for various social services programs from the state General Fund to the counties. To offset most of the increased county costs, the budget proposes a shift to the counties of sales tax revenues and trial court fines and penalties revenues, and state assumption of a higher share of trial court costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chapc-ov.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: Judiciary and Criminal Justice Overview

The Budget Proposes a Major Increase in State Funding for Support of Trial Courts as Part of State/County Restructuring Plan. This increase $631 million ($606 million General Fund) is part of a major proposal to provide additional funds to counties in exchange for the counties paying a greater share of c osts for various welfare programs (primarily the the AFDC program).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chapd-ov.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: State Administration Overview

The Governor's Budget also proposes a state/county restructuring which would (1) shift approximately $1.9 billion in program costs from the state to the counties and (2) provide co unties with $1.6 billion in state sales tax revenue and other resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chaph-ov.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: Managed Care

County-Organized Health Systems (COHS). Under this approach, the county acts as a prepaid plan, serving all Medi-Cal beneficiaries in the county. The COHS receive a capitated rate for each beneficiary in the county, and assume full financial risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chc4260c.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: University of California

Sharing by the state was justified on the basis that state tax dollars paid for much of the UC's physical plant an d personnel (especially faculty salaries); consequently, the state should share in the income derived from such an investment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chf6440.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: Case Management System

Establishing a share of cost for counties for additional changes to support county operations. Transfer of the wide area network (WAN) component from the vendor contract to the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center, and increased funding for the WAN.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chitcms.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: Major Expenditure Proposals in The 1995-96 Budget

This is defined as the 1986-87percentage of General Fund tax revenues provided to K-14 education (as adjusted by property tax shifts that have occurred in the 1990s). Test 2--Maintenance of Prior-Year Funding Levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/part4-B.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: What About California's Tax Levels?

Figures 13 and 14 show the level of California tax revenues under current and proposed law compared to average tax rev enue levels in other states (again, as of 1991-92). (We calculated the impact of the proposed tax cut by applying the fully phased-in percentage tax reduction to 1991-92 California tax levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/pt5-a3.html

^[PDF] LAO 1995 Budget Analysis: Transportation Chapter

Because CHP has offices in all counties (except Alpine), it could provide much broader coverage to state employees and facilities by including that coverage as part of a CHP officer's regular patrol responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/transportation_anl95.pdf

1996-97 Budget Analysis: Resources, Part II

To compensate the landowners for the restricted use of their property, the property is assessed at less than market value for property tax purpos es. In turn, the state compensates the counties for the loss of property tax revenues by providing counties with General Fund subvention payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96b2.html