2009 Initiative Analysis: Passing the Budget on Time Act of 2010

The lower vote requirement would also apply to bills that the Legislature identifies "as related to the budget in the budget bill passed by the Legislature. " This measure does not change the vote requirement for increasing state taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090657.aspx

2014 Initiative Analysis: Stop the $100 Billion Dollar High-Speed Rail and Reinvest in Education Act

Potential reduction in state and local tax revenue of tens of millions of dollars annually for a few years, resulting from a loss of federal matching funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2014/140029.aspx

LAO Environment and Natural Resources

We also recommend the Legislature approve cap-and-trade (or carbon tax) with a two-thirds vote because it would provide greater legal certainty and ensure ARB has the ability to design an effective program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=10&category=0&year=0&page=12

LAO Publications

Program critics counter that it diverts property tax revenues from core government services and increases state education costs. The Governor’s budget includes a plan fo r dissolving redevelopment agencies and distributing their funds (above the amounts necessary to pay outstanding debt) to other local agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=31&year=0&productid=7&categoryid=0

California Spending Plan 2003-04

Some of the plan's major features included the following: About $8  billion in new revenues from (1) new 10  percent and 11  percent marginal personal income tax rates on high-income taxpayers, (2) a one-cent sales tax rate increase, and (3) a $1.10 per pack increase in cigarette taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/spend_plan_03/1003_spend_plan_main.html

Proposition 3 [Ballot]

Nov 6, 2018 - These investors would be repaid with interest using the state ’s General Fund tax revenues. The cost of these bonds would depend on various factors —such as the interest rates in effect at the time they are sold, the timing of bond sales, and the time period over which they are repaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=3&year=2018

^[PDF] The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

The May Revision also lowers local property tax estimates by a total of $664 million across the period, due primarily to secured property tax collections lagging expectations. Proposition 98 General Fund spending, by contrast, increases $2.2 billion across the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3670/Education-May-Revision-051517.pdf

^[PDF] The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Most notably, legislation included in the budget package created a new option for owners of certain businesses to restructure their taxes in a way that reduces their federal income taxes. While this change allows business owners to achieve a net reduction in their combined federal and state income taxes, some owners would pay somewhat higher state taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2021/4448/2021-Spending-Plan-102721.pdf

^[PDF] The 2021-22 Budget: Trial Court Operations Proposals

The amount collected above the LCFF allotment is known as excess property tax. Because the amount of property tax revenue collected can change from year to year, the amount of excess property tax also can change from year to year.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2021/4362/Trial-Court-Operations-021121.pdf

The 2015-16 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Most state funding for transportation comes from excise taxes on gasoline that are dedicated to funding highways and roads. The state began charging excise taxes on gasoline in 1923. The state ’s current gasoline excise tax is 36 cents per gallon.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/transportation/trans-budget-analysis-030215.aspx