Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Other unusual questions relate to: (1)  disaster unemployment assistance, a special federal program for workers in disaster areas; (2)  pension income; (3)  workers ’ compensation and disability benefits for injured workers; (4)  the worker ’s prospects of starting a self ‑employment business; (5)  whether the worker is the officer of a private corporation; (6)  whether the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [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/4832

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Increased State Involvement Despite primarily being a county responsibility, the state has increased its involvement with the indigent defense system in recent years by providing funding and requiring certain assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

August 2016 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 28, 2016 - August 2016 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog] August 2016 State Jobs Report September 28, 2016 Jason Sisney The figure above summarizes California 's August 2016 statewide jobs report, which was released by the state Employment Development Department on September 16, 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/210

State Tax Collections Update: April 2020 to July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 20, 2020 - State Tax Collections Update: April 2020 to July 2020 [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein Bottom Line. Total revenue collections for the state ’s three largest taxes —personal income tax (PIT), sales tax, and corporation tax —across April 2020 to July 2020 came in 9 percent ($4.3 billion) ahead of budget projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/525

Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California [Publication Details]

Feb 7, 2024 - Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California identifies some of the biggest and most complex policy issues facing the state and its policymakers. Given the significance and complexity of these issues, our discussion of each issue is necessarily high level and does not provide recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4830

Data on Real Income Growth Trends by Percentile, 1990-2014 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 6, 2016 - In general terms, this resembles  the trend spotted in state tax return data over the last two decades (as summarized in a state Franchise Tax Board table at the end of this note). State tax data, however, lacks good information for many low-income Californians, many of whom do not have to file.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/201

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - FFPSA Part I extension of expenditure authority — — Governor ’s budget proposes to extend the expenditure deadline for local child welfare agencies to spend their grant dollars for the state Family First Prevention Services Block Grant for four years, to June 30, 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2024 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals for the University of California (UC). We have sections focusing on UC’s core operations and enrollment. We also revisit recent UC one-time initiatives and capital projects the state had funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4862

^[PDF] The 2014-15 Budget: California Spending Plan

Currently, about half of local libraries operate state-funded literacy programs. CALSTRS The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) administers pension and other retirement programs for its 868,000 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/spending-plan/california-spending-plan-080414.pdf