Public Transportation Account: Options to Address Projected Shortfall

These funds are disbursed by formula to transpor tation planning agencies and county transportation commissions for allocation to public transit operators. Funds may be used for operating assistance, capital acquisition and impro vement, and community transit services.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/010400_pta/010400_pta.html

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (4200)

Proposition 36 permits counties to carry over unspent Proposition 36 allocations from year to year, and a number of counties have done so. For example, only about $7 million of the initial $60 million round of funding was spent in 2000-01, with the balance carried over by counties into later years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/health_ss/hss_07_4200_anl06.html

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Assume Statutorily Scheduled Expiration of Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax For a number of years, the state has imposed a tax on MCOs ’ Medi ‑Cal and commercial lines of business. The state ’s previous MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19 and, in 2019 ‑20, the Legislature reauthorized the MCO tax in similar but not identical form to the prior tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

^[PDF] Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate.

Total county costs to administer elections are estimated to be in the range of the low to mid-hundreds of millions of dollars per year; however, the cost per county varies widely depending on the population, size of the county, and number of candidates, among other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2019/190534.pdf

Juvenile Crime--Trends, Variance in California and Among States

Among California counties there are other factors that affect juvenile arrest rates, such as the availability of law enforcement resources, diversion programs, or other intervention services. Comparison of counties should be limited to comparing similar counties--for example, comparing counties whose total population exceeds 500,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/050195_juv_crime/kkpart2.aspx

1999 Initiative Analysis: Fair Competition and Taxpayer Savings Initiative

Qualified voters who wish to "sign" the petition posted on the Internet, may request county elections officials to send the voter a postcard that may be used for that purpose. The voter would sign the postcard and return it to county elections officials.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1997/970039_INT.html

Restructuring California’s Child Care and Development System

Despite this variation among counties, almost all counties in California serve a relatively small proportion of children, with 54 counties serving less than 20 percent of low –income children and 26 counties serving less than 10 percent of low –income children.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/child-care/restructuring-child-care-system-040414.aspx

^[PDF] Status Check: The "Three Strikes and You're Out" Law - A Preliminary Assessment

As we indicated earlier, persons in county jail awaiting trial under "Three Strikes" are considered high security inmates, thus requiring closer super- vision and restricted housing ar- rangements. In a survey of 15 counties conducted by the Board of Corrections, six counties indi- cated that they have modified their inmate security systems to
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/status_check_the_three_strikes_and_youre_out_law_a_preliminary_assessment.pdf

^[PDF] 1959 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

The increase is due to the growth within the program, particularly in Los Angeles County. The budget formula for distribution of these funds to the various counties is as follows: . a. Treatment Subvention: After the county has spent, for treatment' of physically handi- capped children, the equivalent of one-tenth mill on each dollar of assessed
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1959/28_local_assistance_1959.pdf

^[PDF] Felony sentencing.

County Criminal Justice Impacts. This measure would result in increased jail and probation costs to counties. This is because some offenders who have current or prior convictions for making criminal threats of violence would serve their sentences in county jails or on county probation, rather than in state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2017/170664.pdf