Rethinking PARIS Data Match: Connecting Veterans on Medi-Cal to Federal Benefits

Later in this report, we address how the state may realize Medi –Cal savings by transferring certain veterans to USDVA long –term care. USDVA Health Care System Not Intended to Be a Veteran ’s Sole Source of Health Coverage .
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/hlth/PARIS/PARIS-080613.aspx

Why Have Sales Taxes Grown Slower Than the Economy?

The rest (about $23 billion) was distributed to counties, cities, and some special districts and used for a variety of purposes. The statewide base sales tax rate is 7.5 percent. With voter approval, however, local governments may increase (by up to 2.5 percentage points) the local tax rate to generate additional local sales tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/tax/Sales-tax/Sales-tax-080513.aspx

The 2014-15 Budget: Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

According to the department, the recent increase in its vacancy rate is due to several factors, including (1) the suspension of recruiting correctional officers from March 2011 through March 2013, (2) the activation of new prisons in Stockton and California City, and (3) an increased correctional officer attrition rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/criminal-justice/criminal-justice-021914.aspx

The 2014-15 Budget: Changes to a Local Infrastructure Financing

State Controller Tasked With Recovering Assets Transferred to Other Entities. Prior to dissolution, many RDAs took actions to transfer redevelopment assets —land , buildings, parking facilities —to other local agencies, typically the city or county that created the RDA.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/local-infrastructure-financing/infrastructure-031014.aspx

The 2014–15 Budget: Pilot Program to Improve Property Tax Administration

Assess property that changed ownership. Assess property additions or modifications. Assess property that was not taxed in prior years. Reassess properties that received tax reductions in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/property-tax/property-tax-administration-031314.aspx

The 2014-15 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

The assessment remains on the property even if it is sold or transferred. Program participants anticipate that energy savings resulting from the retrofit will offset the cost of the property tax assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/resources/resources-environmental-protection-022114.aspx

Restructuring California’s Child Care and Development System

In addition, federal TANF regulations allow for up to 30 percent of the TANF grant to be transferred to CCDF to augment child care services for a broader low –income population. Using some combination of these federal funds, all states offer some amount of subsidized child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/child-care/restructuring-child-care-system-040414.aspx

A Look at Voter-Approval Requirements for Local Taxes

Proposition 218 limits local government authority to impose “property related fees. ” This term is defined as fees imposed “as an incident of property ownership ” and includes fees such as those for garbage service, sewer service, and storm water management.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/local-taxes/voter-approval-032014.aspx

Overview of Motion Picture Industry and State Tax Credits

In most states, the tax credit is transferable or refundable because most production companies and their parent corporations would not have a sufficiently large tax liability in the state to offset the full tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/tax-credit/film-tv-credit-043014.aspx

The 2015-16 Budget: Paying for a State Mandate on Local Child Protective Agencies

This allocation system reflects in part the significant variation in the amount of property tax revenue shifted from cities and counties in 1993. About a quarter of cities do not receive Proposition 172 funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/ICAN/ICAN-022415.aspx