LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Transportation: Governor's Transportation Economic Stimulous Package

However, to deal with the state ’s cash crisis, the Governor is also proposing to defer about $900 million in regularly scheduled payments to cities and counties until October 2009. These payments involve fuel (excise and sales) tax revenues that the state provides to cities and counties on a regular basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/transportation/trans_anl09004003.aspx

2007 Initiative Analysis: Freedom Against Sterilization Act

This measure amends the State Constitution to prohibit governmental entities (state, county, city, or other) from enacting or enforcing any law that coerces or mandates the temporary or permanent sexual sterilization of any human or animal.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070771.aspx

2007 Initiative Analysis: Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008

Among the provisions that could increase state General Fund costs are: The requirement that the state reimburse counties (and some cities) for the incarceration of additional parole violators in jails; The requirement that the state reimburse counties for Proposition  36 drug treatment services that the counties provide to parolees; The provision directing CDCR to establish pilot
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070843.aspx

2008 Initiative Analysis:The Ban on Human Cloning

This measure would also make it unlawful to buy, sell, transfer or receive any product of human cloning for any purpose. Furthermore, this measure would make it unlawful to buy, sell, transfer, or receive any embryo, fetus, or specified types of human cells for the purpose of human cloning.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2008/080088.aspx

2011 Initiative Analysis:The California Clean Energy Jobs Act

General Fund Transfers to the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund. As previously discussed, the measure requires DOF and LAO to determine the amount of revenue to be transferred from the General Fund to the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2011/110748.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: Government Spending Limit Act of 2012

Similarly, we understand that most cities, counties, and special districts are below their spending limits. Legislative Vote Requirements for Increasing Taxes State Tax Increases. The Constitution describes what constitutes a tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120206.aspx

2013 Initiative Analysis: Fair Wages and Training for Home Care Workers Act of 2014—Version 2

(We note that recent legislation provides for the future   transfer   of collective bargaining responsibilities from the county level to the state level in eight counties.) IHSS Is a Medicaid Benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130741.aspx

2013 Initiative Analysis: Jobs and Education Development Initiative (JEDI) Act (Amendment #1-NS).

Assembly Bill X126 assigns SCO responsibility for recouping redevelopment assets inappropriately transferred during the first half of 2011. Specifically, SCO is directed to determine whether the RDA transferred an asset to the city or county that created it (or to another public agency).
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130773.aspx

The 2011-12 Budget: Overview of the May Revision

The Legislature has many options to address the remaining shortfall, including: (1) adoption of some of the administration ’s revenue proposals, (2) consideration of other revenue proposals, (3) additional program reductions, and (4) selected fund transfers and internal borrowing.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/may_revise/may_revise_051911.aspx

Understanding California’s Property Taxes

Specifically, under Proposition 13, properties that change ownership more frequently tend to be assessed more closely to market value than properties that turn over less frequently. (Because properties are assessed to market value when they change ownership, properties that have not changed ownership in many years tend to have larger gaps between their assessed values and market values.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.aspx