Local Fiscal Control Spawns Greater Accountability

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide11.html

^[PDF] The State's Fiscal Problem

Although the shortfall currently amounts to only 1.3 percent of the total $46.3billioninGeneralFund revenues and transfers estimated in the budget for 1991- 92, it portends a much larger problem for the remainder of the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/1991/reports/1291_states_fiscal_problem.pdf

^[PDF] Focus Budget 1993: Highlighting major features of the 1993 California Budget

Roughly 18 percent of cities will have no property tax transferred under SB 1135. These cities generally did not benefit from state assistance payments provided to cities after Proposition 13, or were incorporated since 1978-79.
https://lao.ca.gov/1993/focus_budget_337_060693.pdf

Existing law contains various earthquake study and strengthening

Existing law contains various earthquake study and strengthening requirements, including notice of earthquake deficiencies upon transfer of residential property. This bill would require the Department of Insurance to establish a program for residential grants and loans to help pay for the retrofitting of high-risk residential dwellings owned or occupied by low- and
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/sb395_95.txt

State Superfund Reauthorization: Encouraging and Expediting Site Cleanups

This is because many idle and abandoned prope rties are in city ownership due to local tax delinquencies, et cetera. The U.S. EPA recently provided grant funds to several local jurisdictions for environmental assessments as part of a brownfields pilot program.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/081898_superfund/081798_state_superfund.html

Opportunities and Challenges for the State--The Headwaters Forest

Purchase or Transfer of Additional Properties How would state interests be served by the possible purchase of the Owl Creek and Grizzley Creek properties? As directed in Chapter 615, WCB is currently negotiating with PALCO toward purchase of these two properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/050499_headwaters/050499_headwaters.html

^[PDF] An Overview of California's Manufacturers' Investment Credit

The argument here is that corporate tax breaks are no more than a transfer of government funds to private businesses, and in the end, the national economy is unaf- fected. In this view the competition among states in offering various tax in- centives represents a form of “prisoners’ dilemma”—in which each state would be better off if none offered such incentives.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/mic/120502_Manufacturers_Investment_Credit.pdf

California Spending Plan 2002: Chapter 1

It did this through adopting a variety of program savings, borrowings and loans, transfers, deferrals, and revenue augmentations. The budget also includes a m odest year-end General Fund reserve of $1  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/spend_plan_02/0902_spend_plan_chap_1.html

"Remodeling" the Drug Medi-Cal Program

This pool of funding could be provided under a realignment approach, in which the state could earmark a portion of existing or new state revenues and authorize by statute the automatic and ongoing transfer of these monies to the counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/drug_medi-cal/021104_drug_medi-cal.htm

^[PDF] Improving High Schools: A Strategic Approach

Estimated College Graduates By Segment and Transfer Statusa Figure 18 aLAO estimates, based on most recent data from the segments. UC
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/high_schools/improving_hs_050905.pdf