Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund Transfer

May 20, 2014 - Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund Transfer Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/812

Trial Court Operations Funding

May 20, 2014 - The current language authorizes such a transfer if “revenues in the Trial Court Trust Fund are insufficient to support trial court operations. ” This language may be potentially unclear and subject to interpretation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/811

Proposed pilot unlikely to provide reliable results

May 19, 2014 - The property tax is a major source of revenue for local governments, raising more than $50 billion annually for counties, cities, special districts, and schools and community colle ges. Counties administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/810

Governor's proposal for pharmacy benefits in Medi-Cal managed care

May 18, 2014 - For State, Proposal Temporarily Decouples Risks From Rewards of Rebate Contracting … The Governor ’s proposal drives a wedge between the obligation to purchase drugs —which remains with plans —and the authority to determine formulary placement, which transfers to DHCS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/809

Proposal to pay down state mandates backlog

May 15, 2014 - This funding would be allocated to cities, counties, and special districts based on their share of total pre-2004 mandate claims, pursuant to a schedule developed by DOF. Counties would receive $73.1 million, cities would receive $24.6 million, and special districts would recei ve $2.2 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/807

Existing state tuberculosis (TB) control funding should be used to address TB control mandate.

May 12, 2014 - Each county and city is required to designate an LHO to perform a varie ty of public health responsibilities (including TB control). However, most cities, with the exception of the cities of Berkeley, Long Beach, and Pasadena, have conferred this autho rity upon their county LHO.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/806

The 2014-15 Budget: The Commission on Teacher Credentialing [Publication Details]

Mar 28, 2014 - Although the Governor's proposal to allow 60-day fund transfers among accounts would provide some cash relief, we recommend the Legislature instead consolidate CTC's revenues into a single, combined account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2987

Perspectives on the CalSTRS funding scenarios discussed at the March 19, 2014 joint hearing.

Mar 19, 2014 - Over the long term, a well-funded pension system that minimizes intergenerational transfers of costs would tend to be between, say, 85 percent funded and 115 percent funded, given normal year-to-year volatility of investment returns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/800

The 2014-15 Budget: Changes to a Local Infrastructure Financing Tool [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2014 - Over the last couple decades, cities and counties rarely have used infrastructure financing districts. Instead, they have opted to use alternative methods to fund infrastructure, including using redevelopment agency funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2970

Why Have Sales Taxes Grown Slower Than the Economy? [Publication Details]

Aug 5, 2013 - [Publication Details] Video Description: The sales and use tax is the state’s second largest revenue source as well as a major funding source for cities, counties, and some special districts. Historically, consumers have spent about the same share of their income each year on taxable items, meaning that sales taxes generally kept pace with growth in the state's economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2800