The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity [Publication Details]

Oct 17, 2019 - This post describes the 2019-20 budget actions changing state individual and business tax provisions (partial tax conformity).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4100

September 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Oct 11, 2019 - (Such changes in behavior should occur regardless of state tax conformity because the state tax rate is much lower than the federal rate.)  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/405

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Total county costs to administer elections are estimated to be in the range of the low to mid-hundreds of millions of dollars per year; however, the cost per county varies widely depending on the population, size of the county, and number of candidates, among other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - The proposition also exc luded medical cannabis sales (with a valid state identification card) from state and local sales taxes. Authorized Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Cannabis Businesses. Proposition  64 provided cities and counties authority to restrict and regulate cannabis businesses located within their jurisdictions, including allowing them to limit the locations of these businesses or ban them altogether.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-010

Proposed statutory initiative related to the state's initiative, referendum, and recall processes. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - County elections officials have to verify the validity of thousands of voter signatures on petitions. Campaigns to support or oppose such measures regularly raise millions of dollars to develop proposals, fund signature-gathering campaigns, and present their view points to the public at large.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-009

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - The proposition also exc luded medical cannabis sales (with a valid state identification card) from state and local sales taxes. Authorized Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Cannabis Businesses. Proposition  64 provided cities and counties authority to restrict and regulate cannabis businesses located within their jurisdictions, including allowing them to limit the locations of these businesses or ban them altogether.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-011

Constitutional initiative regarding a nonpartisan, unicameral, state Legislature. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - County Elections Responsibilities. California counties administer elections —including special elections called by the Governor. County elections officials prepare and distribute county voter information guides, provide places for voting, maintain voter registration records, print ballots for all registered voters, tabulate votes, and transmit election results to the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-012

Building Permits Update: August 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2019 - Multifamily permit numbers in August were bolstered by an uncharacteristically large number of permits issued in Butte County, almost all attributable to new construction in Chico. Data source: CIRB (Construction Industry Research Board), a service provided by the California Homebuilding Foundation   http://www.mychf.org/cirb.html .   
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/403

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - County assessors determine the taxable value of property, county tax collectors bill property owners, and county auditors distribute the revenue among local governments. Statewide, county spending for property tax administration exceeds $600  million each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008

August 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2019 - August 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Carolyn Chu August Revenues Slightly Below Projections. As seen in the figure below, August revenue collections across the state ’s three largest revenue sources —personal income tax (PIT), corporation tax, and sales tax —fell almost $380 million below projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/401