Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (For  example, with special education funding that is transferred to school districts and certain local property tax transferred to trial courts.) In addition, COEs conduct a wide range of activities with LCFF —their primary state funding source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2024 - Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4883

The 2024-25 Budget: Property Tax Postponement Program [EconTax Blog]

Feb 29, 2024 - In response to statewide budget challenges, the program was suspended from 2009 to 2014, during which time it no longer accepted applications or made property tax payments to counties. New Structure for Reinstated Program in 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/800

Proposition 1 [Ballot]

Mar 5, 2024 - Counties generally provide these services to people with low incomes and severe mental illnesses. A Tax on People With High Incomes Helps to Pay for County Mental Health Services. Counties receive roughly $10  billion to $13  billion per year in statewide taxes and federal money to provide mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=1&year=2024

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Structure and Goals of Tax Exemption Basic Structure Sales Tax Includes General Fund and Other Components. California ’s sales tax rate varies across cities and counties, ranging from 7.25  percent to 10.75  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [Publication Details]

Jun 13, 2024 - Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4912

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 13, 2024 - Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis June 13, 2024 Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis Statutory Data Reporting Requirement. Chapter  837 of 2019 (SB  34, Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4912

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

Feb 20, 2024 - While counties receive realigned sales tax revenue to support the PRCS population, this funding does not get m oved forward in time to reflect people starting their supervision terms earlier. Accordingly, there were concerns that counties could face cash-flow problems when temporary increases in the PRCS population occur.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - The legislation also dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues —along with a portion of the associated growth in these revenues —to counties to administer these programs (along with some public safety, behavioral health, and adult protective services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2024-25 Budget: Temporary Corporation Tax Increases [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2024 - The May Revisions proposes to not allow businesses to use tax credits to reduce their taxes by more than $5 million for tax years 2025, 2026, and 2027. This would not apply to the low-income housing tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/804