Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - The state meets the minimum requirement by providing schools with funding from local property tax revenue and state tax revenue. Proposal Requires Students to Complete a Personal Finance Course to Graduate High School.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - Specifically, the state ’s 13 most populous cities would receive $275  million, counties would receive $275  million, and Continuums of Care —local entities that administer housing assistance programs within a particular area, often a county or group of counties —would receive $100  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

COUNTIES

In contrast, three counties--Alpine, Mariposa, and Trinity--have no cities. Consequ ently, all municipal services in these counties are provided by the county, or by special districts. County Budgets Are Largely Driven By State Policy Choices County revenues are derived primarily from state-controlled sources,
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cglgov2.html

Cal Facts 2002: State Budget

Sales tax rates can vary within a county as well, to the extent cities and/or special districts adopt additional optional taxes. County sales tax rates range from 7.25 percent in counties with no optional taxes to 8.50 percent for the City and County of San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/cal_facts/budget.html

LAO Economy and Taxes

Format: PDF June 1, 1993 - In this brief, we review the existing authority of counties to raise the local sales tax, and the viability of this proposed method for offsetting the county revenue losses associated with the proposed property tax shift.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=8&category=0&year=0&page=24

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - One possible —albeit difficult —option could be to allocate some or all of future growth in local property and/or sales taxes within each county to the jurisdictions within the county based on their population growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - The measure states that the state excise tax shall be the only state tax applied specifically to the sale of marijuana. The m easure also authorizes cities and counties to place additional taxes on marijuana.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104

Repeal of the excise taxes imposed by Proposition 10

County commissions -- Five to nine members: appointed by county board of supervisors. -- To adopt strategic plan, consistent with state commission guidelines. Revenues Derived from tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990163_INT.html

Understanding California’s Sales Tax

California ’s major population centers include cities and counties with a wide range of sales tax rates. Figure 9 illustrates this variation in two counties: Contra Costa and Los Angeles. Specifically, the figure (1) shows the sales tax rate charged in most cities and the unincorporated area of each county and
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/sales-tax/understanding-sales-tax-050615.aspx

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Under current law, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7   p ercent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. (Additional information on the MCO tax can be found in our report, The 2019‑20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi‑Cal Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947