^[PDF] Cultivation, possession, and sale of marijuana. Version 6

State law also gives cities and counties the discretion to regulate the location and operation of such facilities. State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medical marijuana. A small number of cities also impose additional taxes on medical marijuana sales.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150666.pdf

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana [Ballot]

Jun 11, 2015 - The measure would result in reduced costs to the state and local governments by reducing the number of marijuana offenders incarcerated in state prisons and county jails, as well as the number placed under community supervision (such as county probation).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-024

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - This 2011 realignment shifted responsibility for funding sheriff-provided trial court security costs from the state to the counties. This included a shift of state tax revenues to the counties to finance this new responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Counties administer SNAP, but the federal government paid the $7.6 billion in SNAP benefits directly to California grocers (we include costs to administer the SNAP program in payments to the state government, which are ultimately allocated to counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

^[PDF] LAO 2001 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

The Governor pro- poses to fund this program again in 2001-02 at $75 million. • Property Tax Administration Loan Program. This program was created in 1995 to provide forgivable loans to counties for addi- tional spending on property tax administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gengov_anl01.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Governent Overview Issues

This program provides $75 million to cities and counties for police and sheriffs' patrol services and $25 million to counties for prosecution and jail services. Regulatory Activities A total of 20 agencies are responsible for providing regulatory oversight of various consumer and business issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1998/general_govt_overview_anl98.html

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - The remainder of the allocation is calculated based on the county ’s share of California households, as a proportion of either all rural counties or all urban counties, without access to broadband with at least 100  Mbps download speed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - In California, many cities and counties find that housing developments lead to more local costs than offsetting tax revenues. This is because these properties do not produce sales or hotel tax revenues directly and the state ’s cities and counties typically receive only a small portion of the revenue collected from the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

Redevelopment After Reform: A Preliminary Look

(We note, however, that no monies from the fund may be spent without the agreement of the County--and that a ny excess money at the end of the redevelopment project reverts to the County. Thus, all the excess tax increment money is effectively controlled by the County.)
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/redevelopment_after_reform.html

^[PDF] SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region

This would reassure local governments that their base of sales taxes would be available for local uses in the future. Growth in Sales Tax. Next, an increasing percentage of the growth in county- wide sales taxes would be reallocated to the cities and the county based on the population of these jurisdictions (for the county, the population in the un- incorporated area).
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/sandag/sandag_033006.pdf