Three “Cracks” in the Foundation

13: Property Tax Allocation 14: Property Tax Allocation 15: (Untitled) 16: Summary of Local Fiscal Control 17: Second Crack: Not Conducive to Broad Economic Growth 18: Instead, Local Fiscal System Encourages Cities and Counties to 19: What Fiscal Incentive Do Cities Face?
https://lao.ca.gov/sections/local_govt/cracks_presentation/fslide9.html

^[PDF] 1961 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

The local jurisdiction in which an operation is located, which may be a city or county, finances the remaining one- half of support costs and the total cost for capital outlay. In addition, 'local organization and control is maintained in the actual operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1961/26_local_assistance_1961.pdf

^[PDF] State and Local Finance

HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED bEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ASSUME ABOUi THE BUSI NESS INVENTORY SUBVENTION. IF YOU ASSUME THAT THE FULL STATUTORY COLA WOULD BE PROVIDED, THEN THE SHIFT MAY BE ONLY $15 - $20 MILLION PER YEAR.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1983/state_and_local_finance.pdf

^[PDF] Gaming Control Act, Amendment No. 3-S

This initiative would significantly increase revenues for cities and counties potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually statewide, primarily from the gross revenue gaming tax. The amount for individual cities and counties would depend on the number and size of gaming facilities located in these cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/011027_INT.pdf

2008 Initiative Analysis: Save Our Schools and Public Services Act

Schools, community colleges, cities, special districts, and counties use property tax revenues to provide services. State law authorizes cities and counties to create redevelopment agencies to mitigate blight in urban sections of their communities that they call “redevelopment project areas.”
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2008/080111.aspx

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Some residents receive most of their services from their city or county government, not from special districts. Other residents receive many public services from "independent " special districts (those with independently elected governing boards) and "dependent " special districts (those districts in which the city council or board of supervisors serves as the governing board).
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cglgov3.html

^[PDF] Home Rule, School Funding, and State/Local Fiscal Reform Initiative, Amendment No. 1-S

The amounts of these shifts in revenues, including the shifting of sales tax revenues from cities to counties, would depend on the decisions made by the Legislature during the transition period. To the extent that cities and counties choose not to allocate property taxes to special districts currently receiving property tax revenues, these districts would experience a decrease in revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2000/000452_INT.pdf

October 1995 Cal Update

Cities and Counties Relying upon earlier Court of Appeal opinions on Proposition 62, many California cities and counties imposed general taxes in recent years without submitting the tax to a vote of t he electorate.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/cal_update/cup1095.html

^[PDF] The reimbursement categories are as follows: • "$8 Per Acre

The reimbursement categories are as follows: • "$8 Per Acre Urban Prime "-for land that is either (a) within an incorporated city with a population of 25,000 or more, or (b) within three miles of a city with such a population. • "$5 Per Acre Urban Prime"-for land that is either (a) within an ·incorporated city with a population between 15,000 and
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1988/13_tax_relief_1988.pdf

^[PDF] Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws. Several

Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws. Several California cities—including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose—have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2018/prop10-110618.pdf