Amend the California Constitution to generally require physicians to notify a minor’s parent or guardian before performing an abortion on that minor, with certain exceptions. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2015 - Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties. Summary of Fiscal Effects This measure would have the following fiscal effects: State administrative costs of at least $1  million, and potentially several million dollars, annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-047

2014 GDP Growth: San Jose MSA Leads Western Region [EconTax Blog]

Sep 23, 2015 - The BEA data indicates that the economies of the Madera (Madera County), Merced (Merced County), and Visalia-Porterville (Tulare County) MSAs shrunk in real terms last year. For each of these regions, the BEA data shows that real declines in natural resources and mining were the key factors behind the overall real GDP decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/134

Lower-Income Households Moving to Inland California from Coast [EconTax Blog]

Sep 16, 2015 - A look at American Communtiy Survey data shows notable movement of lower-income households from California's expensive coastal metro areas to the state's inland metro regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/133

International protocol official in state government. [Ballot]

Sep 16, 2015 - For example, such offices exist in the State of Texas (the Texas Secretary of State serves in this capacity), Los Angeles County, and San Francisco. California ’s Governors have, at times, appointed an individual to serve as the state ’s chief of protocol to help host foreign dignitaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-046

State legislative districts. [Ballot]

Sep 11, 2015 - County Election Responsibilities. California counties are responsible for conducting elections, including: dividing each county into precincts, establishing and providing places for voting, maintaining voter regist ration records, printing ballots and sample ballots, and transmitting election results to the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-045

Vacation Homes Becoming More Common in Many Parts of California [EconTax Blog]

Sep 10, 2015 - This post uses American Community Survey (ACS) data to look at county-level trends in vacation homes across California. (We look at only the state’s 46 largest counties due to data limitations.) Vacation homes generally represent only a small share of all housing in most counties, with the smallest shares typically found in large urban areas and the largest shares in rural mountain and coastal areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/130

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Scientists)

Sep 9, 2015 - A greater share of certain travel costs incurred by employees —including lodging in three high-cost counties and the use of private aircraft —would be reimbursable by the state under the agreement. The administration estimates that these provisions would increase the state ’s annual costs by about $5,000 ($1,000 from the General Fund) beginning in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3297

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Currently, local medical marijuana laws vary widely across the state, ranging from complete bans of such facilities in some cities and counties to no restrictions in other jurisdictions. State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medical marijuana sales.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Sep 4, 2015 - A greater share of certain travel costs incurred by employees —including lodging in three high-cost counties and the use of private aircraft —would be reimbursable by the state under the agreement. The administration estimates that these provisions would increase the state ’s annual costs by about $20,000 (mostly from special funds).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3296

A proposed constitutional and statutory initiative related to poverty reduction. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2015 - Two or more counties would be able to form a county group and jointly participate in the home visiting program. Each county or county group would be responsible for administering gra nts to home visiting organizations that would conduct home visits for eligible families in the given county.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-043