2004-05 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on State Revenues

The budget-year forecast includes $577  million associated with proceeds from the pension obligation bond (with the balance of the savings from the bond —$353  million —counted as an expenditure reduction), $300  million from a proposed Medi-Cal quality assessment fee, $500  million from tribal gaming revenues, and $220  million in one-time loans and transfers from special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/2004_pandi/pi_part_3_anl04.htm

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Temporarily Augments State Support for Food Banks. The spending plan provides a total of $112  million General Fund in 2022-23 (and $52  million in 2023-24) to augment the CalFood program, which provides funding to a network of food banks throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/3

Understanding California’s Property Taxes

The California Supreme Court ruled that such pension obligations represent voter –approved indebtedness that could be paid with an additional ad valorem rate. Local governments may levy the rate to cover pension benefits for any employee, including those hired after 1978, but not to cover any enhancements to pension benefits enacted after 1978.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.aspx

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2022 - The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs [Publication Details] Description: This brief takes a case study approach to examine how elevated inflation has already impacted—and could continue to impact—state spending programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4647

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit The 2022-23 California Spending Plan The State Appropriations Limit In the late 1970s, voters passed Proposition  4 (1979), which established appropriations limits on the state and most types of local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

2003-04 Budget Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on State Revenues

Liabilities from other income sources, such as ordinary wages, business earnings, interest, rents, and pensions, fell modestly, reflecting the impacts of the general economic slowdown on employment, wages, and profits in the economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/2003_pandi/pi_part_3_anl03.html

Monthly Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2022 - Monthly Jobs Report [EconTax Blog] Chas Alamo Official Survey of State Employment Has Overstated Job Growth Since 2022.   Since the middle of 2022, the monthly jobs reports have tended to overstate actual employment growth in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/755

Monthly Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2022 - Monthly Jobs Report [EconTax Blog] Chas Alamo Official Survey of State Employment Has Overstated Job Growth Since 2022.   Since the middle of 2022, the monthly jobs reports have tended to overstate actual employment growth in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/755

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The state calculates the minimum guarantee by comparing three main formulas or “tests. ” (Figure  1). Each test takes into account certain inputs, such as state General Fund revenue, per capita personal income, and K-12 student attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - For context, the state ’s total leave balance liability across state government is billions of dollars. State Attorney Compensation State Attorney Compensation Continues to Lag Local Government and Private Sector Counterparts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619