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August 5, 2013 - 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.
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Second, we provide information regarding how forests are ma naged in California, including ownership, state and federal policies and programs, and funding. Third, we review the current conditions of forests and watersheds across the state, including the concerning implications and recent consequences of those conditions, as well as the actions that would be needed to make improvements.
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Second, we provide information regarding how forests are ma naged in California, including ownership, state and federal policies and programs, and funding. Third, we review the current conditions of forests and watersheds across the state, including the concerning implications and recent consequences of those conditions, as well as the actions that would be needed to make improvements.
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These filings—occ urring 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 report, we answer so me of the common questions about the Chapter 9 process for California local governments such as: which local governments are allowed to file for bankruptcy protections and under wh at
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Moreover, the administration's $1.4 billion estimate for the amount of General Fund benefit that may be achieved in 2012-13 fr om transferring former RDAs' liquid cash assets to school districts is highly uncertain.
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Based on this analysis, we recommend specific steps to help maintain the park system, such as transferring the ownership of some state parks to local governmen ts, eliminating the use of peace officers for certain park tasks, allowing private companies to operate some state parks, and increasing park user fees.
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On the other hand, the L egislature has other options to address the reduced budget shortfall, including adoption of alternative tax proposals, additional program reductions, and selected fund transfers an d internal borrowing.
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The Governor also proposes to transfer vehicle weight fee revenues to the General Fund. This would achieve an estimated $850 million in budget solutions in 2010‑11 and $727 million in 2011‑12 by reimbursing the General Fund with weight fee revenues for certain transportation bond debt service costs, and also loaning a portion of the weight fee revenues to the General Fund.
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We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time r evenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
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This program is found to be an inefficient means of promoting home ownership, and options are offered for improving it, including capping the deduction amount or replacing it with a targeted tax credit.
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