The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - The 1991 and 2011 r ealignments dedicated state sales tax and vehicle license fee revenue to counties for the administration of various programs on behalf of the state. The budget provides $ 750  m illion to backfill anticipated declines in realignment revenue in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - (The sales tax portion of Proposition 30 phases out over the 2016 –17 and 2017 –18 fiscal years. The amount of revenue generated by the sales tax is relatively small compared with the income tax and has a smaller effect on the minimum guarantee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - The Constitution allows refunds of taxes to be excluded from appropriations subject to limit (see: Section 8(a) of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution). As a result, these types of tax refunds are scored as spending rather than revenue reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Counties administer SNAP, but the federal government paid the $7.6 billion in SNAP benefits directly to California grocers (we include costs to administer the SNAP program in payments to the state government, which are ultimately allocated to counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - CalOSBA will award grants to county government agencies and nonprofit organizations that provide services to microbusinesses, who then will identify and make $2,500 grants directly to eligible microbusinesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Enrollment is projected to increase in half of the state ’s counties and decrease in the other counties. Riverside and Kern Counties are projected to experience the greatest enrollment increases, with gains over the period of 5  percent (23,000 students) and 10  percent (18,000 students), respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/2

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2018 - Other Key Budget Proposals Over $200   Million in Business Tax Credits. The Governor proposes extending the California Competes tax credit program —which provides tax subsidies to select businesses that agree to expand employment or investment in the state —for five more years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3731

The 2023-24 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 15, 2023 - The main proposal in this area is a renewal and increase in a tax on health insurance plans known as the managed care organization (MCO) tax. Under the proposal, the tax would last from April 2023 through December 2026 and be used to maintain and augment support for Medi ‑Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4769

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - This method is consistent throughout the blog series except in Post 5, where we discuss all federal expenditures received by counties. Federal Medicaid funding for child welfare services, for example, is distributed from the federal government, to the state, and then to counties for the provision of services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Indirect Cost Recovery Rate Limit for Self ‑Help Counties. When Caltrans performs work for a local government, it charges the local government for associated indirect costs, such as for accounting. The budget package includes trailer bill language to limit Caltrans to charging no more than 10  p ercent for administrative indirect cost recovery to self ‑help
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/10