The Health Care Safety Net

The Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988 (Proposition 99) allocates a portion of tobacco tax revenues for county health services. In 1989, the Legislature established the California Healthcare for Indigents Program (CHIP) and the Rural Health Services (RHS) Program, which allocate Proposition 99 funds to expand county indigent health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/pre_1999/ho112895.html

^[PDF] 2003 Realignment

Politics, Aristotle (about 350 BCE) LAO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 7, 2003 Overarching Considerations Relating to Realignment Realigning Some State-County Programs Makes Sense Programs, Not Taxes, Should Be the Focus of Realignment Realignment Plans Are Not Easily Changed Counties Will Need Control Over Realigned Programs Roughly
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2003/Presentation_for_SS.pdf

^[PDF] Economic Impact of Human Services Budget Reductions

Tax increases take money from the private sector and may create disincentives to expand or maintain business activity. Spending reductions and tax increases result in some level of economic contraction.  State Budget Small in Comparison to California’s Economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2010/Human_Services_Budget_Reductions_03_09_10.pdf

^[PDF] Overview on Poverty

These criticisms include (1) not accounting for changes in household expenditure trends or regional differences in cost of living, and (2) ignoring government benefi ts and certain taxes.  A Consistent Measuring Stick.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2011/Poverty_Overview_05_10_11.pdf

^[PDF] Information-Technology-Procurement-and-Implementation-Overview

.  Enterprise Data to Revenue Project, which will modernize the state’s taxpayer return and tax revenue collection systems.  Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination, Evaluation, and Reporting Replacement System, which will determine eligibility and benefi ts for a variety of public assistance programs.  Medicaid Management Information System, which will process
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2014/IT-Procurement-041014.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Proposition 89

Other Provisions 10L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E September 27, 2006 Revenue Sources Increases tax rate on corporations and fi nancial institutions. For corporations, tax rate would increase from 8.84 percent to 9.04 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2006/OV_Prop_89_09_27_06.pdf

^[PDF] California's Fiscal Outlook

California's Fiscal Outlook Impressive Progress on Balancing 2009-10 State Budget… Spending-related reductions • $15.4 billion Temporary tax increases • $12.5 billion Lottery and other borrowing • $5.3 billion Federal stimulus funds • $8.5 billion assumed in the budget package LAO Impressive Progress on Balancing 2009-10 State Budget… (Continued) Wide array of solutions to attack
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2009/California's_Fiscal_Outlook_03_24_09.pdf

^[PDF] Local Economic Development Tools

These include Business Improvement Districts, Infrastructure Improvement Districts, property tax overrides, sales taxes, benefi t assessments, and Mello-Roos districts.  Taking a Broad, Neutral Approach to Promoting Economic Development Probably Is Best.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2012/Local_Economic_Development_3_7_12.pdf

^[PDF] Voter-Approval Requirements for Local Taxes

In 1982, the California Supreme Court found that special taxes are those used for a specifi ed purpose.  Proposition 218 Added Defi nition of Special Tax to the State Constitution. Proposition 218 added the following provisions to the Constitution:  All taxes levied by local governments are either special taxes or general
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2013/Voter-Approval-040813.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of State EITC Education and Outreach Activities

Overview of State EITC Education and Outreach Activities EITC = Earned Income Tax Credit. Expansion of the California EITC State Credit Amount for Single Filers, 2017 Tax Year 2L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E April 12, 2018  Administration Estimated 825,000 Tax Filers Would Claim State EITC in the 2016 Filing Season . . .  . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2018/Overview_State_EITC_Ed_Outreach_Activities_041218.pdf