Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - (Apportionments come from a combination of state General Fund [Proposition  98], local property taxes, and enrollment fee revenue.) Also, if students were to perform work for nonstate entities while at the center, a reimbursement model could be considered to help fund the center ’s ongoing operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - Property tax revenue, for example, arrives in two large installments (in December and April). Districts also save money for large, anticipated costs like replacing computers or unexpected costs like repairing a damaged roof.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Other funding sources reported by local agencies include citations and fees, special taxes, and federal grants. For example, in 2020, voters in Marin County passed a special parcel tax to fund the creation of a joint powers authority focused on ï¬re protection and prevention, including defensible  space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - Additionally, DMV licenses and regulates vehicle ‑related businesses (such as automobile dealers and driver training schools), and collects certain fees and taxes for state and local agencies. As of January 2020, there were 27. 3  m illion licensed drivers and 35. 8  m illion registered vehicles in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - To what extent could there be broader financial or economic impacts from major climate-caused disasters, such as impacts on regional economies and tax revenues? Beyond Assessment —Development and Implementation of Adaptation Plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - The departments GovOps oversees include the Department of General Services, the Franchise Tax Board, and the Public Employees ’ Retirement System, as well as the Department of Technology. GovOps itself consists of 57 authorized positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 r ealignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues to counties to administer child welfare and foster care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - These public higher education segments primarily use state funding, along with student tuition revenue (and, at CCC, local property tax revenue), to cover their core operating expenses. These expenses include faculty salaries, employee benefits, building maintenance, equipment, and supplies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Consistent with existing state law, the budget allocates (1) $79  million to backfill state revenue losses from  expanding a manufacturing sales tax exemption and (2)  $42  million to backfill revenue losses from suspending a fire prevention fee that was previously imposed on landowners in State Responsibility Areas (known as the SRA fee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Moreover, the state has opportunities to translate the lessons learned from its CalFresh student enrollment efforts to various other public assistance programs (such as Medi ‑Cal, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and unemployment insurance) that students may be underutilizing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372