The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Individual Health Insurance Market Affordability Proposals

Feb 7, 2019 - The federal APTC —specifically the portion that is advanced —is adjusted throughout the year to reflect changes in household circumstances, with a final reconciliation at the end of the year as households file their taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3927

December 2018 and January 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Feb 6, 2019 - State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction Created Incentive to Pay State Taxes by the End of the Year. Prior to 2018, all state and local tax payments could be deducted on federal tax returns. This tax deduction created an incentive for filers to pay their state taxes before the end of the calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/345

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities. Throughout the report, we rely almost entirely upon state and federal government data sources and cite the most readily available data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

State Fiscal Health Index: December 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 5, 2019 - The index ranges from 0 (representing the lowest level in the last 25 years) to 100 (representing the highest level in the last 25 years). Both the level of the index and changes in the index from month to month offer information about the state ’s fiscal health.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/344

The 2019-20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities

Feb 5, 2019 - In a Recession, School Spending Requirement Can Reduce the Size of Budget Problem. Typically, when revenues decline year over year, required constitutional spending on schools and community colleges also goes down.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3925

Building Permits Update: December 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 1, 2019 - In December, multifamily permits fell 15 percent below the same month a year ago. This is the fifth straight month of year-over-year decline. Despite starting the year on pace to beat 2017 levels, total multifamily pe rmits issued in 2018 fell 5 percent below 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/343

Home Sales Update: December 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2019 - Home sales in October through December of this year fell 12 percent below those same three months in 2017. That being said, the recent declines are not yet a clear sign that broader economic conditions will slow in the coming months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/342

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jan 19, 2019 - Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget] 10,711 0.6% At CCC, 1 FTE student is 525 contact hours per year, which on average generates about 24 credits. For undergraduate education at the universities, 1 FTE student is 30 credit units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/237

Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Jan 16, 2019 - For 2018-19 and 2019-20, we grow the average cost of attendance by 2 percent each year and assume no change in self-help expectation. UC = University of California. WASC = Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/228

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Jan 16, 2019 - K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget] $2,549 3.7% a Includes $50 million each year for the Quality Rating and Improvement System. For all three years, does not include wrap care provided by nonprofit agencies and, for 2019-20, also does not include part-day preschool programs run by these agencies. b In each of these three years, an
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/212