The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Both full ‑time and part ‑time CCC faculty generally are represented by unions. Each district and its faculty group (or groups) collectively bargain salary levels and benefits. (In some districts, full ‑time and part ‑time faculty are part of the same bargaining unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - The precise timing and impact of Federal Reserve actions is unclear. Trade. Several recent developments have cast uncertainty over the terms of trade between the U.S. and other countries. The federal administration currently is renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, an agreement that eliminates many barriers to the exchange of goods among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829

^[PDF] California Is the World's Sixth Largest Economy

Services Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Manufacturing CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY 3 California Regains Growth Margin Over Nation Annual Percent Change in Wage and Salary Jobs The early 1990s' recession hit California especially hard, with employment, output, and incomes falling more than the nation.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/calfacts/2000_calfacts_economy.pdf

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - For context, the monthly survey has overestimated net job growth by 25,000 jobs per month on average over this period. In light of this, our office now focuses on a hybrid measure of real-time employment changes  that averages the monthly business survey and the monthly household survey (which has tracked final jobs figures more
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/833

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - For context, the monthly survey has overestimated net job growth by 25,000 jobs per month on average over this period. In light of this, our office now focuses on a hybrid measure of real-time employment changes  that averages the monthly business survey and the monthly household survey (which has tracked final jobs figures more
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/833

1998 Cal Facts California's Economy

California's Job Performance In the 1990s Wage and Salary Employment (In Millions) California’s economy went through a steep and painful recession in the early 1990s, in which the state lost over 720,000 jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/98calfacts_economy.html

THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY

Multi-family building permits have been in a sharp decline ever since 1986, partly due to basic economic factors and partly due to past tax law changes which reduced the investmen t return on multi-family housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cgep1.html

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state paid $25.5 billion (all funds) towards employee salaries. Salary-Driven Benefits. A salary-driven benefit is a benefit whose value is, at least in part, dependent on an employee ’s salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - A recent shift away from claims against the corporate income tax and towards sales and use taxes is at least partially due to temporary restrictions placed on the use of tax credits as part of the 2020 ‑21 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? [EconTax Blog]

Dec 8, 2020 - In this post, we take a closer look at this group: people whose jobs entail frequent person-to-person contact (frontline workers) and those who likely have been able to work from home (remote workers).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/593