2018-19 Budget: Voting Equipment for Counties

Mar 16, 2018 - In order to receive bond monies, a county had to expend $1 of county funds to receive $3 of bond monies —a three-to-one ratio of state-to-county money. The proportion of the bond monies available to each county depended on a formula that took into account each county ’s number of eligible, registered, and participating voters and number of polling places.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3786

The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

Mar 15, 2018 - Recipients of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids or county general assistance (at time of hiring). Earned Income Tax Credit recipients (for the prior tax year). Available to Significantly More Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3784

The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits [Publication Details]

Mar 15, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits [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/3784

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - Rehabilitation programs are generally offered to offenders who are incarcerated in either state prison or county jail, as well as those who are supervised in the community by state parole or county probation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Significantly Reduced Census “Dress Rehearsal. ” Typically, the Census Bureau does a comprehensive test of census operations —known as an end-to-end test —in three areas of the county. The different locations chosen reflect the differing response challenges throughout the country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

Voter Requirements for Local Taxes [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2018 - Voter Requirements for Local Taxes [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/3773

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Personal Income Tax Is Dominant State Revenue Source. The personal income tax (PIT) is the state ’s tax on most sources of individual income, including: salaries and wages, proprietor and partnership income, capital gains, dividends and interest, and retirement distributions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

A Look at County Level Domestic Migration [EconTax Blog]

Mar 5, 2018 - In contrast, out-migration from the San Francisco Bay Area was comparably lower—led by Santa Clara County, which was the state’s only major county to experience net domestic in-migration over the past decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/269

February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 2, 2018 - February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein This post describes preliminary collections from the state ’s three main taxes —the personal income tax (PIT), sales and use tax, and the corporation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/268

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - For 2018‑19, the Governor proposes a total of $35 million from the General Fund for recovery costs associated the fires in Northern California, such as related to rebuilding public infrastructure and backfilling local tax revenue losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767