Chapter 1: The Budget Outlook

Nor are they our recommendations of what tax and spending policies oug ht to be. Rather, our estimates are a baseline projection of what would happen if current policies were allowed to run their course.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_fiscal_outlook/1998_fiscal_forecast_chapter_1.html

Cal Update May 98--Revenues Up Sharply

Revenues Exceed Expectations General Fund revenues from the state's major taxes exceeded the January budget forecast by $1.3 billion in April, primarily reflecting much stronger-than-expected final personal income tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/may_98_calupdate.html

October Update

However, given the normal volatility in these payments, the softness could also be due to normal quarterly fluctuations in estimated taxes. Other key revenue sources including income tax withholding, sales taxes, and corporation tax prepayments were generally on target during the first quarter of 1998-99.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/cal_update/oct_98_calupdate.html

CalWORKs Community Service--What Does It Mean for California?

The Vermont program recognizes that recipients in wage-based community service must pay FICA taxes of 7.65 percent and fac e other work expenses such as transportation. As noted previously, Vermont set its disregard at $90 for all families for the purpose of covering these costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/020499_calworks.html

Major Features of the 1999 California Budget

Background The VLF is an annual fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle in California, levied in place of taxing vehicles as personal property. The revenues are distributed to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/99_budget_features.html

May 1999 Cal Update

Contact--Brad Williams--(916) 324-4942 Property Tax Shift or "ERAF" Data On LAO Web Site During the early 1990s, in response to significant state budget deficits, the state permanently shifted over $3 billion of local property taxes from cities, counties, and special d istricts to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/cal_update/may_99_calupdate.html

California's Tax Expenditure Programs: Part 1--Overview

Tax expenditure programs, as defined by ACR 17, include various tax exemptions, exclusions, deductions, credits, and other special tax provisions which affect the amount of revenues collected through the state's tax system.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/tax_expenditure_299/tep_299_part_one_overview.html

California Tax Expenditures Programs: Sales and Use Taxes Part 1

First, gas and electric bills are subject to municipal utility user taxes in many cities, often at rates higher than the sales tax rate. Thus, it is argued by some that the sales tax exemption avoids subjecting gas and electricity to double taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/tax_expenditure_299/tep_299_salestax1.html

California's Tax System: A Primer, Chapter 4

California's Tax System: A Primer, Chapter 4 Legislative Analyst Office, January 2001 California's Tax System Bank and Corporation Tax Overview of the Bank and Corporation Tax California is one of 48 states to tax corporate profits, and its bank and corporation tax (BCT) is the state's third largest source of General Fund revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/tax_primer/0101_taxprimer_chapter4.html

^[PDF] The 2002-03 Senate Budget Bill SB 1261 (Peace)

Increased taxes on cigarettes of 50 cents per pack (for a total of $1.37 per pack), generating an estimated $475 million. Various revenue accelerations, additional withholding, and tax compliance measures, generating a revenue increase of $582 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/floor_packets/052902_sen_floor_packet.pdf