^[PDF] Reforming California's Mental Health System

Counties appear to have little involvement in programmatic decisions affect- ing county clients in the state hospitals, or clinical decisions regarding their state hospital pa- tients' readiness for transfer to a community setting.
https://lao.ca.gov/1991/reports/499_0391_reforming_ca_mental_health_system.pdf

^[PDF] Trial Court Funding "Realignment"

Any amount above these "caps" must be transferred to the state General Fund. The statutes also require cities and counties to transfer the state's share of the collections on a monthly basis. Qur review oflocal revenue transfer practices indicates that many cities and counties have not remitted the state's share of their court-related revenues in a timely manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/1992/reports/trial_court_funding_realignment_393_0292.pdf

^[PDF] Common Cents: Background Material on State and Local Government Finances

Common Cents: Background Material on State and Local Government Finances Perspective on State Government Finances California’s Growth in Real Income Per Capita Lags the Nation’s .......................................................... 14 California’s Employment Growth Now Lags the Nation’s .................................................................... 15 California’s Rapid Population
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/common_cents_94_1093.pdf

^[PDF] The State's Retirement Systems: Fiscal Issues for 1993-94

In addition to the PERS and the STRS, over 100 retirement boards serving counties, cities, special districts, and the University of California are covered by the act. The act includes the following important effects: • Grants to each public retirement board in the state "plenary" authority for investment of retirement trust monies and administration of retirement systems, notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the State Constitution to the contrary.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/reports/states_retirement_systems_0393_reprint.pdf

^[PDF] California’s Growing Prison Population—The Current Situation

On the otherhand, reductions in fund- ing for street-level law enforce- Legislative Analyst's Office ment in cities and counties could result in fewerfelonyarrests, lead- ing to a leveling off or a drop in new admissions to state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/reports/status_check_cal_growing_prison_pop_253_0193.pdf

^[PDF] State Spending Plan for 1993-94: The 1993 Budget Act and Related Legislation

Actions Taken to Mitigate Impacts of Property Tax Transfers As part of the budget package, the Legislature and the Governor acted to partially mitigate the impact of the property tax transfers on cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/spending_plan_73_0993.pdf

^[PDF] An Overview of the 1994-95 Governor's Budget

However, this comparison includes the effect of transferring $1.8 billion of General Fund revenues and costs to local governments under the Governor's s t a t e / c o u n t y res t ruc tu r ing proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/011894_Budget_Overview_94-95.pdf

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 1994 Budget Act 1994-95 Fiscal Year

The budget provides $98,000 for preliminary plans ($78,000), CEQA compliance ($10,000), and distributed labor ($10,000) for a replacement Forest Fire Station on anew site belonging to the Westside Fire Protection District (WSFPD) for use as a combination CDF and WSFPD Fire Station east of the city of Coalinga in Fresno County.
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/257_0894.pdf

^[PDF] Proposition 172 How Did it Affect Spending for Public Safety?

This countywide “pot” is then allocated to each of the cities within that county, and the county itself, generally in proportion to its share of the property tax transfer. Senate Bill 509 prohibits the allocations to cities from replacing more than half of their net 1993-94 property tax loss; any funds not allocated to the cities are retained by the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/Proposition_172.pdf

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT

Cost of Ownership Can be Reduced.   Experts believe the cost of PC systems ownership can be reduced by 45 percent or more through techniques such as (1)improvements in administrative management, (2)automating certain functions, such as the help desk and software distribution, and (3)upgrading software to make the systems easier to use.
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/infotech.html