LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillJudiciary and Criminal Justice, Crosscutting Issues Part B

County Juvenile Detention Facilities Juvenile offenders in counties are subject to a "continuum of care" where services are provided by county probation departments and other county and private agencies for prevention, intervention, supervision, and detention.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/crim_justice_crosscutting-b_anal97.html

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - Local governments —primarily counties —pay for many health care services, mainly for low-income individuals. Some counties operate hospitals and clinics that provide health care services. Proposal This measure makes changes to several key provisions of MICRA, including the following major ones: Replaces Terminology on Noneconomic Damages.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

Supplemental Report of the 2006 Budget Act

Chapter  211 requires the director to base the estimates on the "actual amount " of remaining local sales and use tax transmitted to local governments in the prior year. The Legislature's intent is to replace with property tax revenue the actual amounts that cities and counties would have received, net of administrative and collection costs, from the suspended quarter-cent tax rate during the revenue exchange period.  
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/supp_report/supp_rpt_2006.htm

^[PDF] CalWORKs Baground

Figure 4 CalWORKs Maximum Monthly Grant and Food Stamps— Family of Three Current Law and Governor’s Proposal June 9, 2010 Page 3  Reduction in County Block Grant Funds. The 2009-10 Budget Act reduced county block grant funds for welfare-to-work services by $161 million and child care by $215 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2010/CalWORKs_Background_06_09_10.pdf

2001 Budget Analysis:Office of Planning and Research

To date, SOS has certified t hree different types of touch screen systems for counties to use. In addition, six counties have used touch screen systems to varying degrees in actual elections, and one county ha s used touch screen voting for an entire general election.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_07_0650_Office_Planning_Research_anl01.htm

2000 Recommended Legislation Criminal Justice

Because the counties pay for a large share of the costs of these less serious wards, the counties should have a role in determining the optimal length of stay for the wards, rather than le aving the decision solely to the YOPB.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/recommended_leg/2000_recommended_leg_crim_justice.html

Revised Use of Reasonable Force Act of 2015 [Ballot]

May 12, 2015 - Background Currently, there are several hundred police agencies in California that provide police services, such as city and university police departments and county sheriff departments. These agencies employ roughly 90,000 officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-010

ADULT POPULATIONS

Local Jails Face Population Increases and Court- Ordered Limits California's 460 jails are operated by both county sheriffs (except in two counties--Napa and Santa Clara--which have county departments of corrections) and police departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgcj3.html

^[PDF] UPDATE AUGUST 1998

In 12 counties—Los Angeles and most of the other more populous counties—most families who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries choose either a designated commercial HMO or the “local initiative” plan, which is established by the county and includes many “safety-net” providers. √√√√√ County Organized Health Systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/aug_98_update.pdf

Big Three state taxes above projections in March. Personal income taxes strong.

Apr 8, 2011 - Big Three state taxes above projections in March. Personal income taxes strong. Big Three state taxes above projections in March. Personal income taxes strong. Program: Revenue Finding or Recommendation: Provides report on March 2011 personal income, corporation, and sales and use tax collections based on
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/397