^[PDF] Highlights of the 2001-02 Analysis and P & I

(Analysis, page F-13.) 16 The Governor proposes providing cities, counties, and special districts with $250 million in one-time fiscal relief. The proposed formula would not address the underlying problems of the local government fiscal system.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/highlights_01-02_analysis.pdf

2003 Budget Analysis: P&I, Part 1 State Fiscal Picture

Since 1993, more than two dozen cities and counties in California have issued taxable pension obligation bonds to pay off the difference between retirement benefit liabilities and existing resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/2003_pandi/pi_part_4b_anl03.html

LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: General Government, California Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)

Salinas, for example, claimed over $1  million to acquire additional space in 1999-00, and the City of Los Angeles claimed over $400,000 over a three-year period for computer software. Some other entities have claimed no costs for either of these items since the date the mandate became effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/general_govt/gen_26_8570_anl03.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Tax Relief (9100)

The VLF is an annual fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle in California, levied in lieu of taxing vehicles as personal property. The revenues are collected by the Departme nt of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and distributed (after deduction of certain minor ad ministrative expenses) to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_24_9100_anl04.htm

Highlights of the 2006-07 Perspectives and Issues

Many other public employers (in cluding the University of California, school districts, cities, and counties) face similar pressures. We find that the current method of funding these benefits defers payments of t hese costs to future generations.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/2006_pandi/highlights/pandi_highlights_022206.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Employment Development Department (7100)

Any amount that remains in the Contingent Fund at the close of the fiscal year is transferred to the General Fund. In other words, using Contingent Fund for this budget proposal results in a General Fund cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/general_govt/gen_13_7100_anl06.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Resources Bonds

Rather, that measure typically provides funds for 搘ater systems or 搘ater projects, without making a distinction between public and private ownership. In contrast, the Governor抯 proposed bonds explicitly provide that private investor-owned utilities and incorporated mutual water companies are eligible to receive water management grant funding from the bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/resources/res_03_anl06.html

^[PDF] Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill, Infrastructure

The Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002 (Chapter 1082, Statutes of 2002 [SB 1732, Escutia]) provided legal authority to transfer local court facilities to the state. The state will eventually have a substantial inventory of assets including 451 court facilities, 11 appellate court facilities, and 3 supreme court facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2008/cap_outlay/co_anl08.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: The Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Act

For example, chartered cities generally have the broadest authority to contract for services. Specifically, Article XI, Section 5 (a) of the Constitution authorizes charter cities to exercise plenary authority over all municipal affairs, free from any constraint imposed by the state Legislature and subject only to cons titutional limitations.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050010.htm

2006 Initiative Analysis: The Repeat Criminal Offender/Three Strikes Fair Sentencing Act of 2006 (Amendment #2-NS)

Alternatively, there could be offsetting loss of revenue to the extent that offenders serving longer prison terms would have become taxpaying citi zens under current law. The extent and magnitude of these impacts is unknown but potentially significant.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2006/060017.htm