^[PDF] Counties and Design-Build

In doing so, however, we recommend the Legislature consider some changes such as creating uniform design-build statute for agencies that have design-build authority (such as counties, cities, and school districts), eliminating cost limitations, and requiring project cost to be a larger factor in awarding the design-build contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/infrastructure/counties-design-build-010714.pdf

^[PDF] Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Local cities and counties, including health departments • Issue public health advisories, including those related to wildfire smoke. • Operate community centers and other facilities where people can avoid smoke.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4644/Understanding-the-Challenges-of-CA-Wildfire-Smoke-111422.pdf

^[PDF] 1956 Budget Analysis: Department of Justice

It is anticipated that the law which permits the levying of city and county sales tax will increase the work load of the department. This work involves cases where municipalities deny that the tax is applicable and cases where individuals refuse to pay the tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1956/12_doj_1956.pdf

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

A 2020 survey of 200 California school districts conducted by the Center for Cities + Schools at the University of California Berkeley found that more than half of responding districts (53 percent) fell into this latter category, while 31 percent reported high levels of scratch cooking, and 16 percent reporting little or no scratch cooking.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4519/school-nutrition-020822.pdf

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Preliminary 2021 data from 27 cities across the United States show a 14 percent increase in motor vehicle theft between 2020 and 2021. 1,000
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4546/Public-Safety-Package-021722.pdf

Using Federal Economic Stimulus Funds for Transportation: An Update

Unlike Caltrans, many cities and counties do not frequently receive federal transportation funds. Consequently, these agencies must spend extra time relearning a complex federal process each time they spend federal dollars on a transportation project.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/trns/trans_stimulus/trans_stimulus_112309.aspx

Emergency medical personnel. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2017 - Unlike fire department crews, who await emergency calls while stationed at their permanent department location, ambulance crews are positioned throughout a city or region dependin g on the volume and location of 911 calls typically received in that area and the response times agreed upon in the contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-043

Supplemental Report Of The 2001 Budget Act 2001-02 Fiscal Year

The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: the number of foreign prisoner transfer applications received and the disposition of each application; acti ons taken by the Board of Prison Terms to increase the number of transfer applications; projected staffing and funding adjustments needed in 2003-04 to appropriately budget for the
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/supp_report/073001_supp_rpt.htm

Taxation of Sugary Drinks

Nov 26, 2018 - Many recent sugary drink tax proposals —including local ordinances enacted in Boulder, Seattle, and four California cities, and recent bills introduced in the Legislature —define their tax bases similarly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3903

^[PDF] 1975 Budget Analysis: Judicial

Conscdidation with PERS We recommend legislation transferring administration of the Judges' Retirement System to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). The judges' system is administered by the Controller's Office.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1975/03_judicial_1975.pdf