The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - Similar trade ‑offs would apply for any potential redirection from RMRA, which also funds state highway maintenance and rehabilitation projects, along with providing funds to cities and counties for local streets and roads and supporting several smaller programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854

Cash management options for charter schools

Apr 26, 2012 - These two options are not used frequently by school districts, however, because COEs and county treasurers often have cash flo w problems at the same time in the fiscal year as school districts. More commonly, districts borrow from the private sector, primarily by issuing tax and revenue anticipation notes (TRANs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/589

Using Card Spending Data to Track Taxable Sales [EconTax Blog]

Jul 31, 2020 - Data users can examine spending by state, county, and metropolitan area. Chase. The JP Morgan Chase Institute has produced geographically detailed data on credit card spending in 16 U.S. metropolitan areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/508

Local government taxes and fees. [Ballot]

Jan 11, 2018 - “General taxes ” —that is, taxes levied by cities and counties for any purpose —may be approved by a majority vote of the electorate. On the other hand, “special taxes ” —that is, any taxes levied by schools or special districts or taxes levied by cities and counties for specified purposes —require a two-thirds vote of the electorate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-051

^[PDF] Local Sales Taxes: What Role Can They Play in the 1993-94 State Budget?

Counties can call a special election no sooner than 88 days in advance of the election date. As a result, if counties act quickly, they could have a special election on a sales tax ordinance by the middle of Septem- ber, which would allow counties to imple- ment a new tax by January 1994.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/local_sales_taxes_254_060193.pdf

^[PDF] The 2014-15 Budget: Pilot Program to Improve Property Tax Administration

The 2014-15 Budget: Pilot Program to Improve Property Tax Administration County 10% 25% 50% Schools 60 50 30 Cities and special districts 30 25 20 Totals 100% 100% 100% County share of costs 70% 75% 80% County share of benefits 10 25 50 Amount county needs to “break even” Seven-to-one Three-to-one About
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/property-tax/property-tax-administration-031314.pdf

The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - We estimate that the 2018 ‑19 sales tax growth —which will be paid to counties in 2019 ‑ 20 —only will cover roughly one ‑fifth of the Social Services Subaccount cost increases borne by counties in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

Improving the Incentives for Property Tax Administration

Because the county levied a county-wide property tax rate, however, all property tax pay ers in the county did share in the costs of administration, so it was not necessary to charge other local entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/part6b_prop_tax_admin_pi97.html

Emergency shutdown orders. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Imposes a curfew or quarantine on a majority of the residents of the state or any city or county within the state. Prohibits travel into or out of the state or any city or county within the state. Requires the majority of residents of the state, or any city or county within the state, to remain inside their residences for more than 72 consecutive hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-018

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - Provides Funding to Backfill Declines in County Realignment Revenues, Some of Which Could Fund County Behavioral Health Services . The spending plan includes $750  million from the General Fund in 2020 ‑21 to offset counties ’ declines in realignment sales tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281