The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget package provides a total of $33 billion for transportation-related programs in 2022-23, including for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), local streets and roads (shared revenues), California Highway Patrol (CHP), Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4628

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - Some Proposed Spending Is Excluded Under State Appropriations Limit (SAL). The  California Constitution imposes a limit on the amount of revenue the state can appropriate each year. The state can exclude certain capital outlay appropriations from the SAL calculation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

December 2021 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2022 - The figure below shows how employment has evolved in both the state and the nation since the start of the pandemic. Overall employment in the state as of the middle of December was 4.4 percent below the level of February 2020, considerably worse than the national figure of 2.3 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/723

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package

Jan 26, 2022 - Protecting State Assets and Responsibilities. For example, some funding in the package is targeted to addressing risks on state ‑owned lands, such as state parks. The Legislature could also consider whether more funding should be spent in ways that better ensure protection of other state assets, such as highways and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4495

200 Budget Analysis: Teacher Quality, AP Courses, Governor's Scholars

Current law requires a dollar-for-dollar reduction in pension for each dollar earned by a STRS retiree from employment in a public school, above an annual cap of $19,050. The budge t proposes that the Legislature enact legislation to remove this earnings cap for STRS retirees who retired on or before January 1, 2000, and who return to work in public K-12 clas srooms as teachers
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/education/ed_cc2_anl00.htm

Overview of the 2005-06 May Revision

Reduce size of pension obligation bond —$0.2  billion. Restore/Augment Spending —$1.7  Billion           Proposition  42 transfer to transportation —$1.3  billion.           Proposition  98 settle-up payments —$0.3  billion.          
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/may_revision/051605_may_revision.htm

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2022 - The data come from the state ’s Metrc “track and trace” system for licensed cannabis. In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4608

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - In recent years, the state has not funded over ‑target enrollment. Such a practice could create incentives for UC to disregard state enrollment growth targets with resulting fiscal impacts that could run counter to legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

^[PDF] 1968 Budget Analysis: Industrial Relations

Veterans Training Activity The Division of Apprenticeship Standards has been officially desig- nated as the state agency to administer the readjustment assistance program for apprenticeship and other on-the-job training for veterans now authorized by recent federal law (Public Law 90-77, Veterans' Pension and Readjustment Act of 1967).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1968/12_industrial_1968.pdf