The 2023-24 Budget: Governor’s Proposals for the Department of General Services

Mar 1, 2023 - OSP provides printing, marketing, and document management services to state agencies, cities, counties, and schools. For example, state agencies can request mass printing and mailing of outreach items, such as letters and postcards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's Cannabis Proposals

Feb 14, 2017 - Transfer of Testing Laboratories ( ‑$0.4   Million). DPH also proposes to redirect three positions (and $410,000) from DPH to DCA for licensing medical cannabis testing laboratories, consistent with the transfer of authority over these laboratories made in the 2016 ‑17 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3556

Comparing Taxes on Cannabis to Taxes on Other Products in California

Dec 17, 2019 - Many cities and counties levy cannabis taxes. Most of these taxes are ad valorem taxes on sales made by cannabis businesses. Another common type of local tax is a unit-based tax on the total square footage of the plant canopy grown by cultivators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4123

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE 2000 BUDGET ACT, 1100

The report shall address: (1) renovation and modification of existing towers and vaults, both public and private; (2) construction of new towers and vaults; (3) leasing agreements, both public and private; (4) transfer of responsibility for maintenance an d operation of state-owned towers and vaults; and (5) disposition of ownership of state-owned towers and vaults.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/supp_lang/2000_supp_lang_1100.html

"California Firearms Protection Act"

While the Second Amendment confers specific rights regarding the right to bear arms, the courts have allowed federal, state, and local gover nments to establish prohibitions and restrictions on firearm ownership.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1998/980108_INT.html

How Does California’s Local Government Fiscal Base Rate?

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/fslide12.html

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - While state law prohibits the establishment of facilities that distribute, sell, or cultiva te medical marijuana within 600 feet of a school, it otherwise gives cities and counties the discretion to regulate the location and operations of such facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

A Review of UC's Long Range Development Planning Process

As we discussed most recently in our report, Promoting Access to Higher Education: A Review of the State’s Transfer Process (January 2006), some campuses do not have the capacity and resources to admit all eligible applicants that apply to them.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/uc_lrdp/lrdp_011007.htm

Proposition 13 Report: More Data on California Property Taxes [EconTax Blog]

Sep 22, 2016 - In our report , we also consider all inflation-adjusted city and county government tax revenues per person, including not only property taxes but also sales and other taxes received by California cities and counties, excluding state and federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/209

Reforming the State's Transfer Process: A Progress Report on Senate Bill 1440 [Publication Details]

May 11, 2012 - The legislation requires community colleges to create two-year associate degrees for transfer. Students who earn such a degree are automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system as an upper-division (junior) student in a bachelor’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2631