LAO Local Government

In particular, we propose that the state shift to counties programs for juvenile offenders and adults convicted of drug possession crimes. Under our realignment concept, counties would have broad authority to manage juvenile and drug–addicted adult offenders programs to achieve success.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=11&category=0&year=0&page=6

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - UI Program Is Financed Through Employer Tax Contributions. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503

LAO Publications

California’s state tax system is highly volatile, and the state has a poor track record of setting as ide reserves when times are good to help balance the budget during later economic downturns. Designing a constitutional rainy-day fund mechanism, however, involves many complexitie s that require detailed consideration by the state’s leaders.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=52&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

California’s state tax system is highly volatile, and the state has a poor track record of setting as ide reserves when times are good to help balance the budget during later economic downturns. Designing a constitutional rainy-day fund mechanism, however, involves many complexitie s that require detailed consideration by the state’s leaders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=52&year=0&publicationType=0

County Fiscal Distress—A Look at Butte County [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 1989 - County Fiscal Distress—A Look at Butte County [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/529

^[PDF] The 2006-07 Budget Package

Total general purpose funding for higher education (General Fund, fees, and property tax revenues) would increase by about 6.7 percent from the 2005-06 level. (General Fund support grows by 9.4 percent, offsetting lower increases in the other two sources.)
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/floor_packet/062706_floor_packet.pdf

^[PDF] 1970 Budget Analysis: Agriculture

These services consist of certification of accuracy of all county standards, providing training to county personnel in all phases of device inspection, par- ticipation in county surveys to determin.e whether or not the county sealer is complying with the provisions of the Business and Professions Code, and surveying the quantity and quality of work being performed in the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1970/06_agriculture_1970.pdf

2003 Initiative Analysis: Majority Rule, Minority Rights Initiative

Counties would be primarily responsible for i mplementing these new procedures. While it is difficult to estimate the additional costs for counties to adapt their voting systems to the new procedures, these one-time costs coul d total in the low tens of millions of dollars statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/030826.htm

2003 Initiative Analysis: Voter Choice Open Primary Act

For every primary election, each county prepares a partisan ballot (and related materials) for each political party and a nonpartisan ballot for voters who have not identified a political party affiliation.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/030840.htm

^[PDF] President’s Welfare Reform Reauthorization Plan—Fiscal Effect on California

Riverside County Is A Reasonable Starting Point. Riverside County— a relatively large county with moderate costs in its welfare-to-work pro- gram—has, when compared to other counties, one of the highest levels of work participation among its adult caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/welfare_reform/0402_welfare_reform.pdf