Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. [Publication Details]

Jun 29, 2016 - Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. [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/3488

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Jun 24, 2016 - Increase Lodging Reimbursement for Four Counties. State employees are reimbursed for specified costs incurred while traveling and doing business for the state. In the past, these reimbursement rates typically have been established in MOUs for rank-and-file employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3486

Cigarette Tax Initiative [Publication Details]

Jun 14, 2016 - Cigarette Tax Initiative [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3484

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 10, 2016 - These leave cash outs are subject to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes but do not affect employees ’ pension benefits. The administration assumes that departments would absorb these costs within existing departmental resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3482

How Did California Schools Spend Common Core Implementation Funding?

Jun 10, 2016 - The California Department of Education (CDE) distributed this funding to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools based on their average daily attendance (a measure of student enrollment).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3483

May Revision: Wage and Salary Estimates [EconTax Blog]

May 27, 2016 - Follow @LAOEconTax on Twitter for regular California economy and tax updates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/190

Sheriff Court-Security Services Mandate

May 27, 2016 - This 2011 realignment shifted responsibility for funding sheriff-provided trial court security costs from the state to the counties. This included a shift of state tax revenues to the counties to finance this new responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3478

May Revision: Property Tax Estimates [EconTax Blog]

May 23, 2016 - Successor agencies and county auditors report RDA dissolution payments and property tax information related to former RDAs directly to the Department of Finance (DOF). The administration uses this data to develop its estimate for state savings from RDA property tax residual distributions to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/189

LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook

May 20, 2016 - For example, we assume the temporary taxes passed by voters in Proposition 30 expire, consistent with current law. Similarly, we  assume the tax on managed care organizations passed earlier this year expires at the end of 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3472

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - In California, many cities and counties find that housing developments lead to more local costs than offsetting tax revenues. This is because these properties do not produce sales or hotel tax revenues directly and the state ’s cities and counties typically receive only a small portion of the revenue collected from the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470