Local Government Housing Mandates [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Local Government Housing Mandates [Publication Details] HTML Description: As part of its general plan, every city and county is required to prepare a "housing element" which assesses the conditions of its housing stock and outlines a five-year plan for housing development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1145

SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2006 - SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region [Publication Details] SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region Format: HTML Description: For over 20 years, San Diego region residents and local officials have debated whether their network of local and regional governmental agencies is well suited to addressing the region’s growing challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1471

Budget Proposal Understates Mandate Costs [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - We find that the administration’s proposal does not provide sufficient resources to carry out its plan for 2006-07 and that the state likely will face a current-year mandate deficiency of about $140 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1430

Allocating Local Sales Taxes: Issues and Options [Publication Details]

Jan 24, 2007 - Recent agreements between cities and private businesses involving diversions of millions of dollars of local sales taxes have highlighted concerns raised over the years about the present “situs-based” system for allocating local sales taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1540

Booking Fees [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Booking fees are charges imposed on cities, special districts, school districts, colleges, and universities to recover the costs associated with booking persons into the county jail. County authority to impose booking fees gives local agencies incentives to use county booking and detention services wisely and efficiently.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1144

Vehicle License Fee Issues [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - Vehicle License Fee Issues [Publication Details] HTML Description: The prior administration’s action to increase the VLF and the current administration’s subsequent action to reverse that increase have resulted in a number of issues of concern to the Legislature, including (1) the amount of VLF backfill that local governments did not receive during the current year “gap” period,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1146

Restructuring the State-Local Relationship [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 1994 - The Governor's proposal is similar in many respects to a restructuring proposal offered by this office last year. To assist the Legislature in pursuing its restructuring agenda, we outline the elements of the Governor's proposal, and evaluate its fiscal implications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/227

Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers - Local Government Bankruptcy in California: Questions and Answers [Video]

These filings —occurring just months after the City of Vallejo completed its three year Chapter 9 process —have raised questions about the use of Chapter 9 in California. In this video,  Fiscal and Policy Analyst Brian Uhler addresses questions about the use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy by municipalities in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=28

The 1991-92 State and Local Program Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 1992 - The state and local program realignment legislation enacted in 1991 represents a fundamental change in the state and county fiscal relationship.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/541

The County-State Partnership [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 1991 - Over the past several years, many of California's counties have experienced increasing financial stress. While Butte County is perhaps the most visible example of recent county financial troubles, our analysis indicates that the problem is inherent to the existing arrangement of state and county responsibilities and affects all counties to greater or lesser extent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/542