Amador and Mono Counties Triple Flip/ VLF Swap Backfill

Mar 5, 2012 - Under this financing plan, cities and counties receive increased property tax revenues from two sources: (1) countywide property tax accounts known as the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) and, if ERAF resources are not sufficient, (2) base K-14 district property tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/565

High-quality public education (Version 1). [Ballot]

May 16, 2023 - The public school system consists primarily of school districts and charter schools, as well as a small number of schools operated by county offices of education and a few schools operated directly by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-001

Recent Trends in Housing Affordability [EconTax Blog]

Jun 22, 2017 - We look at recent trends in housing affordability in some of California's largest metropolitan regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/245

A student’s right to a high-quality public education. [Ballot]

Dec 16, 2022 - The public school system consists primarily of school districts and charter schools, as well as a small number of schools operated by county offices of education and a few schools operated directly by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-007

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - Such funds are allocated by the state to support trial court operations in counties that collect more property tax than state law allows them to spe nd on education. This reduction is $63.8  million greater than the revised 2022-23 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - The state must also must provide at least $200 per student from the EPA to all school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education and at least $100 per full ‑time equivalent student to community college districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

Administration’s trailer bill proposal related to future “triple flip” unwinding mechanism

Mar 15, 2013 - Revenue from the state special sales tax will continue being collected during these two quarters ev en though the ERBs would have been, by then, repaid in full. (Specifically, the final allocation to local governments is equal to the whole amount that cities and counties “lost ” because of the 0.25 percent sales tax reduction minus the total ERAF
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/727

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The state has funded the restoration of IHSS service hours with General Fund since 2016 ‑17 so long as the managed care organization (MCO) tax established in 2016 was in place. While the 2016 MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19, the 2019 ‑20 budget continued the use of General Fund to restore IHSS service hours, subject to potential suspension on December 31, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

Rent control. [Ballot]

Jun 10, 2019 - The measure narrows the limits on local rent control laws in Costa-Hawkins, allowing cities and counties to apply rent control to more properties than under current law. Specifica lly, cities and counties can apply rent control to all housing that is more than 15 years old, with the exception of single-family homes owned by landlords who own no more than two properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-001

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - For further discussion of the MCO tax, please reference the “Medi-Cal ” Fiscal Outlook online post. Administration Scheduled to Release Report of 1991 Realignment and IHSS County Costs. In 2017 ‑18, a new IHSS county maintenance ‑of ‑effort (MOE) —referred to as the 2017 IHSS MOE —was established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899