The 2020-21 Budget: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)

Mar 20, 2020 - (CDTFA ’s field operations include audit and compliance activities based in field offices around the state.) We commend the administration for identifying resources that CDTFA does not need and proposing budget reductions accordingly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4205

February 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 19, 2020 - February 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein February revenue collections from the state ’s three largest taxes —the personal income tax, corporation tax, and sales tax —were ahead of Governor ’s Budget projections by $334 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/442

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals

Mar 19, 2020 - Most districts, for example, have accurate budget projections and deliberately plan for cost increases in key areas such as pensions and special education. Although few districts receive poor ratings consistently, a relatively small group of chronically distressed districts have received multiple qualified or negative ratings over the past few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4204

COVID-19 and California’s Evolving Fiscal Outlook

Mar 18, 2020 - Earlier this week the Legislature provided the administration additional resources and authority to ensure the state can effectively respond. Similarly, there is a marshaling of resources occurring at the federal level that should offer support to the economy and the state ’s fiscal situation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4203

The 2020-21 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Mar 13, 2020 - Additionally, Hastings ’ employees participate in UC ’s employee health and pension programs. Hastings Is Receiving $59.5  Million Ongoing Core Funding in 2019 ‑20. Hastings receives almost three-fourths of its operational funding from student tuition and fee revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4201

Review of the Draft 2020 High-Speed Rail Business Plan

Mar 13, 2020 - If the state procures electric trains in 2020, as currently envisioned by HSRA, it would commit the state in the near term to running electrified service, unless the state was willing to leave the trainsets idle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4202

The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - State Funds Several Ongoing Efforts to Promote Regional Collaboration. The state also has promoted the creation of additional education pathways by establishing regional consortia. In 2016 ‑17, the state created the Strong Workforce Program to coordinate career technical education pathways through seven regional consortia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4199

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2020 - Drawing on national research—that compares health care outcomes in states with and without a similar physician-supervision requirement for nurse midwives—we find that California's requirement is unlikely to improve safety and quality for low-risk pregnancies and births.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4197

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - The San Joaquin Valley and northern and Sierra regions of the state also have significantly fewer OB ‑GYNs per 1, 000 b irths than the more urban and coastal regions of the state. This suggests that —when only counting OB ‑ GYNs —access to women ’s health care services might be limited in certain areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - Conclusion In a report to the Legislature last year — The 2019‑20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities— we analyzed the Governor’s proposals to make several large supplemental pension payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4196