The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Includes About $930  Million Within CDSS Budget for SUN Bucks in 2025-26. Budgeted SUN Bucks spending (within the CDSS budget) increases by about $83  million ($16  million General Fund) in 2025-26 compared to 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - SUN Bucks and CalFood Are Programs With Largest Year-Over-Year Changes . Funding for the SUN Bucks program —formerly called the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program —increased by about $896  million year over year ($59  million General Fund) relative to 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

^[PDF] Voters FIRST Act for Congress 2021

The com- mission also is to consider the geographic integrity of cities, counties, neighborhoods, and communities of interest. As under Proposition 11, compliance with the federal Vot- ing Rights Act would be required.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100102.pdf

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - For example, to encourage a retailer to set up shop in a city, the city could refund half of the Bradley-Burns tax paid by the retailer. If retailers respond strongly to these rebates, then cities providing them could end up with higher revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 [Publication Details]

Sep 16, 2025 - Some of California's local governments offer partial sales tax rebates to try to boost the amount of taxable sales within their borders. In 2023-24, these rebates totaled $140 million. In this post, we describe the distribution of rebate payments across cities and counties. We also examine some economic and demographic characteristics of rebate-paying jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5074

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 2)

The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 2) Preprinted Logo will go here April 4, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Patricia Galvan Initiative Coordinator Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070245.pdf

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 1)

Among these requirements are: • The plan must minimize the splitting of counties, cities, and “communities of interest” into multiple districts. • When drawing boundaries, the commission could not draw districts for the purposes of favoring incumbents or partisan interests.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070250.pdf

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 3)

Among these requirements are: • The plan must minimize the splitting of counties, cities, and “communities of interest” into multiple districts. • When drawing boundaries, the commission could not consider information related to political party affiliations and other specified matters, except as re- quired by federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070253.pdf

^[PDF] Citizens Fair Districts Act

Citizens Fair Districts Act Preprinted Logo will go here December 20, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Krystal Paris Initiative Coordinator Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070854.pdf

^[PDF] Citizens Fair Districts Act (Version 4)

Citizens Fair Districts Act (Version 4) Preprinted Logo will go here July 31, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Toni Melton Initiative Secretary Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070604.pdf