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

^[PDF] General obligation bonds for water programs and projects. (Amendment No. 1).

Maintain Annual Transfer of Funds to the Habitat Conservation Fund. Under current law, the State Controller annually transfers 10 percent of the funds (about $6.2 million) from a certain Hon. Kamala D.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150566.pdf

^[PDF] General obligation bonds for water programs and projects. (Amendment No. 1).

Maintain Annual Transfer of Funds to the Habitat Conservation Fund. Under current law, the State Controller annually transfers 10 percent of the funds (about $6.2 million) from a certain Hon. Kamala D.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150568.pdf

2013 CalFacts

Cities receive over 40  percent of their revenues from various user charges. Cities use these funds to pay for electric, water, and other municipal services. Over one –third of city revenues come from local taxes, the largest of which is the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/calfacts/calfacts_010213.aspx

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Of this amount, $3  million is from the General Fund via a transfer to the Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund and the remainder is from various bond and special funds. These monies mostly support replacing and upgrading various facilities at state parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

^[PDF] Keynote Speech to the Independent Cities Association's Twenty-Third Annual Seminar

One of them is fiscal relief to cities! b. This is because a change in law is required to reduce subventions to cities, and only the Legi slature can change the law 6. So, to get back to the question I started with--how much can the state afford to gi ve cities?
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1983/keynote_speech_to_the_independent_cities_association_23rd_annual_seminar.pdf

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - In recent years, CalWORKs and other benefits loaded onto Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards have been subject to increasing levels of theft. The administration projects this theft will cost the state $167  million for reimbursements in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

^[PDF] Open Meeting Act/Brown Act Reform Mandate

City of Fresno. During both years, the city claimed over $1,000 per City Council agenda. The city’s claims (over $50,000 per year) included reimbursement for time spent on mandate compliance by the city manager, depart- ment directors, city attorney, and others.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2004/Open_Meeting_Act_060904.pdf

Property Tax Allocation

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/fslide14.html

California’s Local Fiscal 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/fslide21.html