Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - Since 1992, every county in California has been declared a federal disaster area at least once for a flooding event. However, some portions of the state —such as parts of the Sacramento Valley —are more prone to flooding than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Property Tax Relief. Under state law, the county assessor may reduce the assessed value of property damaged in a disaster to reflect the damage. The reduced value remains until the property is fully repaired, restored, or reconstructed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

Building Permits Update: November 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 4, 2019 - Certain areas, like Alameda, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Sacramento counties have had notable slowing in recent months. On the other hand, multifamily permitting in Contra Costa, Orange, and San Francisco counties in recent months has been above of 2017 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/338

Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Dec 24, 2018 - This measure could result in an ongoing increase in county workload to the extent that jurisdictional hearings that currently are decided by a judge are instead decided by a jury. For example, child welfare departments and/or county attorneys may need to spend more time preparing for jury trials because of the different rules related to how and what informa tion can be presented to a jury.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-011

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - MCO Tax Package Included Changes to Other Taxes Paid by Some MCOs. The MCO tax package cut other taxes paid by some MCOs and certain affiliated health insurance companies. Specifically, certain types of income currently subject to the corporation tax is exempted from taxation and certain premium revenue is
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely [Publication Details]

Dec 21, 2018 - Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely [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/3915

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - For example, revenue from cap ‑and ‑trade auctions could be used to reduce other state taxes that reduce economic activity, such as income taxes and certain types of sales taxes. Types of Social Costs In concept, economic costs occur when people give up something valuable as a result of actions taken to reduce emissions —also referred to as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - For the CalTrans and DGS programs, the funding is coming from existing state taxes and fees. So, spending from these programs represent an opportunity cost of not being able to spend these funds on other allowable purposes or lower taxes and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

Analyzing Recent Changes to State Support for Fiscally Distressed Districts

Dec 20, 2018 - Counties are more likely than the state to be enmeshed in the political challenges facing their distressed districts. Even counties that have constructive relationships with their fiscally distressed districts may not want to be heavily involved in imposing deep district budget reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3914

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - To the extent that both County A and County B implemented a $1.00 local wage increase sometime in 2018, the state and county share of costs would depend on the level of the state participation cap. As shown in Figure  3, due to the state participation cap, the state and county share of cost for a $1.00 wage increase is different for County A than County B.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913