Implementation and administration costs for proposed EITC

May 22, 2015 - Further Detail We discuss the Governor 's proposal for a new state earned income tax credit (EITC) here on our website. Below, we discuss certain budget issues related to the EITC for the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) specifically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/846

Background Information on AFDC, SSI/SSP, and Medi-Cal Programs and Proposition 99

Maximum monthly grant, family of three (1995-96): Current payment: $607, in all counties ($594 effective 5/1/96). 1995-96 Budget Act: $565 in high-cost counties, $538 in low-cost counties. One in 12 Californians, or about 2.7 million people, will rely on AFDC this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/pre_1999/ho3189601.html

LAO Local Government

LAO Local Government Video December 18, 2012 - Over the last two years, an unanticipated funding shortfall in Amador and San Mateo Counties cut city and county reimbursements for two complex state-local financial transactions: the triple flip and VLF swap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=11&category=0&year=0&page=4

LAO Education

Partly due to the concerns they raised, the Supplemental Report of the 2010-11 Budget Act directed our office to (1) assess whether county court schools have access to an appropriate array of categorical funds and (2) compare court school funding with funding rates for other alternative programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=0&year=0&page=46

^[PDF] The 2013-14 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Although state departments oversee the management of these programs, the actual delivery of many services is carried out by county welfare and child support offices, and other local entities. Health programs are largely federally and state funded, while most human services programs have a mixture of federal, state, and county funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/bud/fiscal-outlook/fiscal-outlook-2012.pdf

^[PDF] Analysis of Newly Identified Mandates

• Could any current state funding streams to counties and cities—such as 2011 realignment funds or Proposition 172 sales tax revenues—be used to help offset the costs of the ICAN mandate? LOCAL AGENCY ETHICS Background Chapter 700, Statutes of 2005 (AB 1234, Salinas), requires local governments to (1) adopt written policies detailing the circumstances—if
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/localgov/Newly-Identified-Mandates-53113.pdf

Calif.'s Fiscal Outlook

These increases result from two changes--the end of temporary savings and cost deferrals for the state's employee retirement contributions, and th e restoration of the renters' tax credit, starting in the 1996 tax year.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/110195_fiscal_outlook/outchp4a.html

2000 Budget Analysis: Department of Transportation

Additionally, 16 counties with special sales taxes for transportation purposes, known collectively as the "self-help cou nties," deliver projects on the state highway system using local sales tax revenues to fund the projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/transportation/tran_4_2660_anl00.htm

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - For example, the Legislature could use GGRF to provide lump sum rebates to households, reduce other state taxes (such as sales tax rates), or use the funds to reduce retail electricity rates. Importantly, each of these “revenue recycling” options could be structured in a way that maintains cap‑and‑trade’s incentive for households and businesses to reduce GHGs,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496

Upcoming Changes in Medi-Cal Create Fiscal and Policy Uncertainty

Oct 9, 2015 - For more information on the MCO tax, see the “MCO Tax Modification ” write-up in our February report, The 2015‑16 Budget: Analysis of the Health Budget , and our prior post, "The MCO Tax: A Flat Versus Tiered Structure."
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3300