The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - Include an Unclaimed Property Question on Businesses’ Tax Forms Most California businesses file income tax returns with the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) each year. Under one option, the Legislature could amend tax law to require businesses to respond to a question about unclaimed property as part of their tax filings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978

^[PDF] Child Abuse and Neglect in California: A Review of the Child Welfare Service Program

Specifically, the de- partment's regulations allow counties to screen out a bona fide child abuse or neglect case based on the county's assessment that the case is less severe than other referrals received by the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/1991/reports/552_0191_child_abuse_and_neglect_in_ca.pdf

California's Fiscal Outlook: LAO Projections 2005-06 Through 1010-11

Other Local Government Finance The 2004-05 budget package included a two-year shift of $1.3  billion of city, county, special district, and redevelopment agency property taxes to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_05.htm

^[PDF] Moving Forward With Eligibility and Enrollment Process Improvements

Counties also use their own local IT systems (generally spreadsheets and da- tabases) to support the systems described above. These systems tend to be developed in-house by county IT staff (rather than purchased from a vendor) and are county funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports\2010\ssrv\eligibility\eligibility_050310.pdf

^[PDF] Cal Facts 2004: State Economy

CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY 8 The Inland Counties Have Been Growing the Fastest Total Population Growth, 1999-2004 The highest population growth rates have occurred mainly in the Central Valley and foothill counties, and in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cal_facts/cal_facts_econ_2004.pdf

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recently, corporation tax collections have grown faster than anticipated while personal income tax collections have grown somewhat slower. The administration assumes that this pattern will continue. This is because they attribute the pattern to partnerships, which are taxed under the personal income tax, changing to corporations in response to 2017 federal tax changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

^[PDF] "Double Fines for Traffic Violations in School Zones"

Major Provisions Under current law, Alameda County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County, and any city within those counties, may adopt an ordinance to increase the fines for various moving violation misdemeanors and infractions that are committed within specially posted school zones.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031000.pdf

^[PDF] Department of Food and Agriculture Cuts

For example, fairs with relatively small operating budgets, like the Yolo County Fair, receive a larger share of General Fund support. In contrast, fairs with larger operating budgets, such as the Orange County fair, do not receive any General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2011/Food_and_ag_02_09_11.pdf

CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION

Two-thirds of the population lives in the eight counties with populations greater than one million. Five of those eight counties are in Southern California. Almost 30 percent of all Californians live in Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgep2.html

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill: SAWS Budget Proposal Incomplete

The DSS has proposed to base the SAWS on an aut omated welfare system developed in Napa County, called NAPAS. Los Angeles County, however, is authorized to implement its own automated welfare system, called LEADER.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1995/chitsaws.html