2004-05 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Mandates: Mounting Liabilities and Need for Reform

While San Diego County has seven times more students than San Francisco, San Francisco's claims for the Handicapped and Disabled special education mandate (frequently referred to as the "AB 3632 mandate ") was nearly 25 times the amount claimed by San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/2004_pandi/pi_part_5e_mandates_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans' Homes of California (8950-8966)

The department also helps eligible veterans and their depend ents obtain federal and state benefits by providing (1) claims representation, (2) subventions to county veterans service offices, and (3) educational assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_23_8950_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Public Health

The Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act (Proposition  99, enacted by voter initiative in 1988) assessed a $0.25 per pack tax on cigarette products that is allocated for specified purposes. These include various tobacco education and prevention efforts, tobacco-related disease research, environmental protection and recreational resource programs, and health care services for low-income uninsured Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_11_4260_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Overview

Specifically, the budget proposes to suspend the transfer of about $1.1  billion in gasoline sales tax revenue to transportation programs, as required by Proposition  42. This would be the second year in which Proposition  42 is suspended in whole or in part.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/transportation/trans_01_ov_anl04.htm

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: California Department of Food and Agriculture (8570)

Finally, the department provides financial and administrative assistance to county and district fairs. The budget proposes expenditures of $303  million and 1,823 positions in 2005-06 for the department, including $116  million from the Agriculture Fund and $100  million from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/general_govt/gen_15_8570.htm

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Introduction

The budget also projects that local property taxes will contribute $1.9 billion for CCC in 2006-07, which reflects an increase of $70 million, or 3.8 percent, from the revised current-year amount. ( The figure masks an underlying growth in property tax revenues of 11 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_18_anl06.html

2004 Initiative Analysis: The Car Buyer's Bill of Rights

Taxes Associated With Vehicles. Many state and local government taxes are affected by the sale of vehicles. For instance, the sales tax and vehicle license fee are collected on the sale price of the vehicle.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/040755.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Fair Voting and Equal Representation Act (version 3)

Among these requirements ar e: (1)  for state offices, population differences among districts cannot exceed 2  percent; (2)  the plan must not dilute the voting strength of minorities; and (3)  the plan must minimize the splitting of counties and cities into multiple districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050018.htm

^[PDF] Fairness for Public Charter Schools Act

Background Existing charter school law authorizes school districts and, under certain conditions, county offices of education and the State Board of Education to charter schools. The original charter is valid for five years, at which time the school must have its charter renewed.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050050.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 2)

Proposition  42 Transfers Current Law Under Proposition  42 (approved by the voters in March  2002), sales taxes on motor vehicle fuel are transferred to the Transportation Investment Fund (TIF) for public transit, capital improvement projects, and maintenance projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050084.htm