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[PDF] California's Transportation System

Some counties also have transportation authorities that are responsible for developing expenditure plans for voter-approved local sales tax measures. The state has hundreds of transit agencies— such as the Bay Area Rapid Transit and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority—that deliver transit services, such as through buses, subways, and light rail.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3860/californias-transportation-060418.pdf

Test Claim CSM-4501 and Portions of CSM-4469, "School Site Councils and Brown Act Reform"

For example, the cost of state requirements associated with the following programs might then be considered reimbursable: kindergarten through third gr ade class size reduction, public school testing and accountability programs, school construction bonds, property tax administrative loans, and redevelopment low- and moderate-incom e housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/010600_letter_site_councils.html

Hard Decisions Before the Legislature: Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit

Increase Gas Tax Revenue. One state funding possibility would be to raise the excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. A 6-cent increase in this tax, for example, would raise more than $3  billion over three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/toll_bridge/toll_bridges_012405.htm

California Spending Plan 2006-07

The budget plan also assumes $1.2 billion in expenditures of special funds under Proposition 63, a voter-approved measure which established a state income tax surcharge to finance an expansion of community mental health programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/spend_plan/spending_plan_06-07.html

Overview of the Governor's Budget: 2007-08

Use PTA for General Fund Expenditures State law requires certain “spillover” gasoline sales tax revenue (the amount exceeding the amount generated from one-quarter percent sales tax on all other goods) to be deposited in the PTA.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/budget_overview/07-08_budget_ov.htm

[PDF] California Spending Plan 2007-08: The Budget Act and Related Legislation

In addition, lower property tax receipts in 2005–06 increased state General Fund obligations for K–12 education by about $300 million. In other pro– Legislative Analyst’s Office Figure 5 Key Elements of Governor’s January Proposal 2007-08 Budget Deficit-Financing Bonds In addition to the $1.5 billion payment from the sales tax through the “triple flip,” provided a $1 billion payment from the Budget Stabilization Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/spend_plan/spending_plan_07-08.pdf

[PDF] California's Tax System: A Primer

Other Taxes. Local governments impose a variety of other taxes, including: property transfer taxes, construction development taxes, Mello-Roos community facilities taxes, and parcel taxes. These taxes vary widely across different types of local governments and totaled over $3.8 billion in 2003-04.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/tax_primer/tax_primer_040907.pdf

LAO 2006 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on the Economy and Demographics

As noted in the Part III revenue section of this volume that follows, strong profit growt h is clearly benefiting the state’s fiscal picture by boosting tax receipts from both corporate and personal income taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/2006_pandi/pi_02_anl06.html

[PDF] Public School Investment and Accountability Act (Amendment #1-S)

The measure also would reduce revenues from the existing SUT and other state taxes affected by sales (such as excise taxes). This is be- cause the higher overall tax rate would deter some consumption that otherwise would have occurred.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2008/080874.pdf

[PDF] Electors Call a Constitutional Convention

This measure would have the following major fiscal effects: • Direct, one-time increase of state and local government spending in the hun- dreds of millions of dollars related to the constitutional convention. • Potentially major fiscal changes in state and local governments if voters ap- prove the convention’s recommendations, including higher or lower taxes or greater or less spending on particular public programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090468.pdf