^[PDF] Overview of Special Education in California

School districts use local unrestricted funding (primarily from the Local Control Funding Formula) to support any costs not covered by state and federal categorical funding. Special Education Costs Have Increased Notably in Recent Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/4110/overview-spec-ed-110619.pdf

^[PDF] Cal Facts 2004: State and Local

STATE–LOCAL FINANCES 19 Property Tax Shares Have Changed Markedly Over the Years After passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, the state shifted property taxes from schools to other local gov- ernments—and backfilled schools’ losses with in- creased state aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cal_facts/cal_facts_state_local_2004.pdf

^[PDF] Cal Facts 2004

STATE–LOCAL FINANCES 19 Property Tax Shares Have Changed Markedly Over the Years After passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, the state shifted property taxes from schools to other local gov- ernments—and backfilled schools’ losses with in- creased state aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/cal_facts/cal_facts_2004.pdf

^[PDF] It has been the established budget policy of the State of

It has been the established budget policy of the State of California to utilize its federal revenue sharing funds to help finance school apportion- ments which will exceed $2.0 billion in 1977-78. Our discussion of school apportionments is in Program II of the Department of Education budget (Items ~06). - The $215 million in the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund is
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1977/13_revenue_sharing_1977.pdf

^[PDF] California's Fiscal Outlook: The 2010-11 Budget

In its most recent fund forecast, the Employment Development Department (EDD) projects that the fund will experience a year‑end deficit of $7.4 billion in the 2009 calendar year, rising to $18.4 billion in 2010 and $27.2 billion in 2011.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/bud/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_111809.pdf

Generational Differences in Homeownership and Housing Costs [EconTax Blog]

Aug 17, 2015 - Along the same lines, as shown below, homeownership rates for Californians age 18 to 30 have fallen significantly since 1960 —dropping from 25 percent to 15 percent. Over the same period, homeownership rates for all Californians were relatively flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/120

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Perspectives and Issues: MAJOR EXPENDITURE PROPOSALS IN THE 1999-00 BUDGET

The remaining 25 percent, $99 million, is related to CalWORKs services provided by the counties. Thus, the steering committee approach provides counties with $287 million in “per- formance incentives” that they would “earn” even if they show no improvement in implementing CalWORKs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/1999_pandi/part4b/part4b_pandi99.pdf

^[PDF] California’s Fiscal Outlook: Proposition 98 Briefing

Assumes no transfer to the state’s Budget Stabilization Account. 2L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E November 16, 2011 LAO 70 YEARS OF SERVICE  School districts would have discretion to reduce the school year by up to seven days but negotiating such changes midyear is likely to be diffi cult.  Trigger
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2011/Californias%20Fiscal%20Outlook%20Proposition%2098%20Briefing_111611.pdf

Overview of Special Education in California

The LEAs and schools that fail to meet expectations for multiple years face increased monitoring and sanctions. In contrast to the federal system that sets the same annual proficiency requirement for all schools and LEAs, the state ’s accountability system —known as the Academic Performance Index (API) —requires individual
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/edu/special-ed-primer/special-ed-primer-010313.aspx

LAO Publications

LAO Publications PDF February 20, 1986 - We believe that the best long-term solution to financing the construction and reconstruction of local school facilities is to return the primary responsibility for raising revenues to the local school districts themselves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=297&year=0&productid=0&categoryid=0