Power moves back and forth from capital as California reconfigures government

[KamaAina]

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article20114919.html

Since becoming governor for the second time, Jerry Brown has preached the virtues of what he calls “subsidiarity” – reversing the concentration of governmental finances in Sacramento that began when he was governor the first time.

When voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978, clamping tight limits on local government and school property taxes, the state assumed much of the burden, especially for schools....

One is another “realignment” that shifts responsibility for incarcerating and supervising low-level felons to counties, as well as operation of some health and welfare programs, with a dedicated share of sales taxes to pay for them.

The second is an overhaul of school finance that provides more money to local districts, albeit with an emphasis on poor and/or “English learner” students, but leaves its precise use to local officials. And Brown also wants them to re-assume the financing of school construction.

[upaloopa]

1. Realignment pays for for all the services our county

alcohol, drug and mental health dept is not reimbursed for. It comes from sales taxes and vehicle license fees.
I work for Santa Barbara County alcohol, drug and mental health services.
Just an aside, it is not true that we have been or are cutting our mental health services. For example, in responce to the shooting at UCSB last year we received new funding for training of peers in local colleges and high schools to recognize students with mental health problems and to help them get treatment if wanted.