^[PDF] California Budget Deficit Prevention Act

California Budget Deficit Prevention Act • • The revised state limit would generally apply to all state General Fund and special funds spending (versus appropriations), with only limited exemptions. The spending limit in the initial 2006-07 year would be equal to the actual amount of spending in 2004-05 (exclusive of the amounts supported by deficit-financing and
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/040635.pdf

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - The growth is largely related to (1)  an increase in the number of local projects on the state highway system that Caltrans supports and (2)  workload associated with expanding the state ’s Broadband Middle Mile Network Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - The Secretary of State provides statewide oversight over the administration of elections in California. Among its many duties, th e Secretary of State ’s responsibilities include maintaining the state ’s statewide voter registration system, known as VoteCal; providing guidance to local election officials on how to implement state and federal law; and facilitating statewide maint enance of the list of registered voters.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - CCL ’s Home Care Services Bureau is responsible for the state ’s Home Care Program, which licenses and oversees home care organizations and maintains the state ’s registry of independent home care aides.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity

Mar 6, 2019 - In 2018, most states that levy a state PIT took some legislative action to conform to the federal changes made in December 2017. While some states adopted most of the changes, other states updated their conformity dates in state law —for example, New York on a rolling basis and Virginia on a static basis —but decoupled from many of the major federal changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3959

The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2019 - Because the state’s income tax laws closely refer to large portions of federal law, many of those changes created new differences between federal and state taxes. State law currently does not adopt—or conform to—any of the federal changes made in 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3959

^[PDF] Overview of Proposition 98 Budget and Early Education Proposals

The Legislature could consider crafting a more targeted proposal next year after reviewing the results of the fi nal 2018-19 funding round.  This frees up $750 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund for other budget priorities (for example, building higher reserves or making additional supplemental pension payments).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2019/Prop-98-Budget-and-Early-Education-Proposals-030519.pdf

Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Other state agencies also have certain regulatory and oversight responsibilities over oil extraction in the state. The state collects an assessment fee on oil operations to cover its various oversight costs .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

2015 Census Data on Incomes [EconTax Blog]

Sep 15, 2016 - Today, the Census is releasing state and local area data from its 2015 American Community Survey (ACS). Household Income Data. The Census data shows that real California median household income grew by an estimated 4.0% in 2015, compared to 3.8% growth in the nation as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/207

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2020 - This post summarizes the state’s 2020-21 spending package for higher education. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget. In this post, we cover spending for the California Community Colleges, California State University, University of California, and student financial aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4284