Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - These online posts estimate and explore federal expenditures in California, which we define as the amount of federal spending that we can directly attribute to recipients in California. In this set of posts, we display total federal expenditures by major program, recipient, and county. We also compare federal expenditures in California to other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/4

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Most of the difference is attributable to differences in our estimates of grants spending and our inclusion of significant refundable tax credits as components of federal sp ending. While our estimate is not comparable with multi-state estimates, our approach does allow us to display spending amounts at a more detailed level and with more precision and detail than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/7

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2017 - IHSS MOE Impact on Counties. The elimination of the CCI shifts significant IHSS program costs from the General Fund back to the counties ($600  million in 2017 –18 ). Legislative consideration might be given to how the state might help ease counties ’ transition to a higher share of IHSS costs as counties seek to rebalance their revenues and expenditures in light of the CCI ’s elimination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3528

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - LCFF —County Offices of Education $1,015 After School Education and Safety 547 Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program 25 Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program — County Offices of Education fiscal oversight 5 $1,964 3.1% a Consists of $744 million in General Fund gap funding, $25 million in property tax revenue from basic aid districts, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - (Supplemental taxes consists of the property tax levied on properties sold midyear and are included in “other property tax revenue ” in the figure.) These increases are partially offset by a higher estimate of excess tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2017 - The administration's estimates anticipate slow growth in the personal income tax (PIT), the state’s dominant revenue source. The Governor’s estimate of PIT growth in 2017-18 is probably too low. As a result, by the May Revision, the state could have more General Fund revenue than the Governor now projects, but much of that revenue would be required to go to schools and Proposition 2 reserves and debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3528

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - Other funding sources for state park operations include revenue from fuel taxes, federal highway dollars for trails, the cigarette surtax, and various special funds designated for natural resource habitat protection.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - This bonus is subject to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes but does not affect state costs towards employee pension benefits. For the average SEIU Local 1000 member, this bonus constitutes about 4  percent of pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 [Publication Details]

Jan 10, 2017 - We reviewed the proposed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between the state and 13 bargaining units (Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11 through 15, and 17 through 21).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3520

December 2016 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Jan 5, 2017 - Previously published income tax data also was updated. December "Big Three " Tax Collections Disappointing …But Year-End Payments Still Coming In. Figure 1 below shows preliminary December revenue results for the state General Fund 's three main taxes —the personal income tax (PIT), the corporation tax (CT), and the sales and use tax (SUT).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/228