Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - (Throughout this paper, we use the term “schools ” to refer to both school districts and county offices of education. “Infants and toddlers ” refer to children from birth until their third birthday.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728

December Major Taxes Far Above Projections [EconTax Blog]

Jan 3, 2018 - December Major Taxes Far Above Projections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein December is a major revenue month for the state General Fund. As shown in the table below, the state 's  three main taxes (the personal income tax, the corporate income tax, and the sales and use tax)  combined were $4 billion (28%) above the monthly target reflected in last June 's state budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/262

Funding for California’s health care safety net. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2018 - State Personal Income Tax California Taxes Personal Income. California levies a personal income tax (PIT) on the income of state residents and on income of nonresidents that is derived from California sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-047

General obligation bonds to provide funding for certain hospitals that treat children. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - Fiscal Effects This measure would allow the state to borrow $1.5  billion by selling additional general obligation bonds to investors, who would be repaid with interest using the state ’s general tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-045

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - County Criminal Justice Impacts. This measure would result in increased jail and probation costs to counties. This is because some offenders who have current or prior convictions for making criminal threats of violence would serve their sentences in county jails or on county probation, rather than in state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-046

Long-term Capacity for Debt Payments Under Proposition 2

Dec 21, 2017 - Under these reevaluations, the rainy day fund deposit is revised up (down) if capital gains taxes were higher (lower) than the state ’s prior estimates. The state does not revisit its estimate of the base amount in the true up calculation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3727

Criminal penalties and DNA collection. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2017 - County Jail and/or Community Supervision. Felony offenders who have no current or prior convictions for serious, violent, or sex offenses are typically sentenced to county jail or supervision in the community by a county probation officer, or both.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-044

Impose new standards for confining certain farm animals. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2017 - To the extent that these higher production costs cause some farmers to exit the business or otherwise reduce overall production and profitability, there could be reduced state and local tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-042

Emergency medical personnel. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2017 - Background Emergency Medical Services in California Counties Administer Local Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In California, counties are responsible for developing and coordinating local EMS systems through EMS agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-043

Rent control. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2017 - The expansion of these effects could, in turn, impact property tax, personal income tax, and sales tax revenues. The extent of these effects would depend primarily on what additional actions (if any) cities and counties take.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-041