The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - (Properties built without permits may not be contained within the county rolls, however, city and county governments likely would not have these addresses either.) Rather than distributing the funds across all cities and counties, encouraging LUCA participation by county assessors (on behalf o f the county and its cities) could increase the funding available to each county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - Nevertheless, improvements are ongoing to the Los  Angeles area transportation system, like those funded from the recently approved county sales tax measure (Measure M). LA  2024 ’s bid documents highlight that these new improvements —including improvements like those listed in the February  7 letter from the Governor ’s Office —will aid the region in hosting the Games.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - Required Central Valley cities and counties to amend zoning ordinances to conform to the CVFPP and to their amended general plans, including by prohibiting new development in areas not protected up to the 200 ‑year flood standard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - Funds Used for Mix of State ‑ and County ‑Level Activities. In California, quality improvement funding is used for a mix of state ‑level activities, base allocations for certain county ‑level support entities, and specific county ‑level activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

Savings Plus Program: An Optional Retirement Benefit for State Employees

Mar 14, 2017 - During the career of employees in Social Security, both the employer and employee pay taxes on earnings. In 2017, both the employee and the state pay 6.2  percent of the employee ’s pay. Payroll taxes are not applied to earnings above a wage limit —$127,200 in 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3616

The 2017-18 Budget: Bus Driver Training Program

Mar 10, 2017 - CDE also could offer some of the training curriculum online and shorten the onsite portion of its program, in turn, likely reducing both instructional and lodging costs. CDE could adopt any combination of these or other options to respond to the proposed reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3614

January 2017 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2017 - Follow @LAOEconTax on Twitter for regular California economy and tax updates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/235

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - The three major sources of higher special fund spending in Medi ‑Cal in 2017 ‑18 are (1)  Proposition  56 tobacco excise tax revenues dedicated to Medi ‑Cal, (2)  managed care organization tax revenues, and (3)  hospital quality assurance fee revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - One possible —albeit difficult —option could be to allocate some or all of future growth in local property and/or sales taxes within each county to the jurisdictions within the county based on their population growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3605

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - BOE administers the sales and use tax (SUT) and many smaller tax and fee programs, promulgates related regulations, and adjudicates tax disputes and appeals. BOE ’s Use of Resources Background State Laws Address Board Members ’ Use of Resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609