2004 Recommended Legislation Transportation

2004 Recommended Legislation Transportation Increase and Index the State Gas Tax Recommendation Increase the state excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel to provide a stable funding source to replace Proposition  42 revenue and index the tax to prevent erosion of the tax's value over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/rec_legislation/2004_recleg_transportation.htm

^[PDF] California Spending Plan 2004-05: The Budget Act and Related Legislation

Tax Amnesty The adopted budget enacts a tax amnesty program that applies to major General Fund taxes—the personal income tax, corporation tax, and sales and use tax. The amnesty program will occur during the period February 1, 2005 through March 31, 2005, and apply to tax years prior to 2003.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/spend_plan_04/0904_spend_plan.pdf

2006-07 Overview of the Governor's Budget

Mental Health Program Changes The budget plan reflects the implementation of Proposition 63, an expansion of mental health community services funded with a state tax surcharge on high-income taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/budget_ov/2006-07_budget_ov.htm

Modernizing the Functions Of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Investigations are undertaken when: (1) DOJ identifies a criminal record for a new credential applicant, (2) CTC receives an arrest or conviction report for an existing teacher, and (3) affidavits are filed or reports are issued from school districts lodging complaints against an existing teacher.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/ctc/ctc_042706.htm

^[PDF] A Primer: The State's Infrastructure and the Use of Bonds

What should be the ultimate source of funding for infrastructure investments, regardless of the financing approach used—general taxes, selective taxes, user charges, or some other alternative? Acknowledgments This report was prepared by Jon David Vasché, Dana Curry, Mark Newton, and Robert Ingenito.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/infrastructure/infrastructure_010306.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 2006 Recommended Legislation

Mental health, social services, and health program were transferred from the state to county control, and counties were provided with dedicated tax revenues to pay for these and other changes. Our analysis found that realignment has been a largely success- ful experiment, but that some aspects could be improved.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/rec_legislation/2006_recleg.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of the 2009-10 May Revision

California’s cities, counties, and special districts also have been experiencing fiscal stress due to the economic downturn. Some of the Governor’s budget solutions would exacerbate this stress because they (1) decrease local revenues (particularly the property tax) or (2) indirectly increase demand for local pro‑ grams (such as county jails and indigent health programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/bud/may_revise/may_revision_052109.pdf

^[PDF] THE 1 PERCENT TAX: WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO? To

THE 1 PERCENT TAX: WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO? To Start… Your county auditor pools your 1 percent rate tax payment, as well as payments from other property owners in your county, into a single countywide pot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Media/Videos/2015/one-percent-tax-script.pdf

^[PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint - Overview and History of State Mandates.pptx

County of Los Angeles v. State of California (1987) 3  State Not Required to Reimburse for All Laws That Increase Costs  Must Reimburse Costs Related to: • New governmental programs. • Higher levels of governmental service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Presentations/2013/state_admin/Overview-and-History-of-State-Mandates-121013.pdf

^[PDF] 1949 Budget Analysis: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE

This comparison is not valid, however, due to the fact that the entire· administration of aid to needy aged previously performed by the counties will be taken over by the State, and in addition the caseload will increase probably 30 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1949/29_social_welfare_1949.pdf