U.S. Retail Sales Update: October 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 17, 2020 - U.S. retail sales grew modestly in October. Total sales January-October 2020 were just 0.1% below January-October 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/580

^[PDF] Major Milestones: 43 Years of Care and Treatment Of the Mentally Ill

Realignment Major shift of authority from state to counties for mental health and other health programs. Funding changes were intended to be fiscally neutral and included: new sales and vehicle license fee taxes and changed state/county cost sharing ratios in health and social service programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/030200_mental_illness/030200_mental_illness.pdf

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - For example, Fresno County has a sales tax for transportation, and the county reserves a small portion of this revenue for school bus replacement. Some districts are able to obtain small grants for bus replacement from their local utilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

Card Spending Update: October 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 12, 2020 - To do this, we use an index—a weighted average of different spending categories—designed to track movements in California’s sales tax base. In this post, we update the index to include October data and to incorporate data revisions for earlier months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/577

What Will It Mean for California? The Tobacco Settlement

The local share will be further split between the counties and specified cities. Under the terms of the MOU, the state's 58 counties will receive 90 percent of the local share, or $11.25 billion. These monies will be distributed to the counties based on population.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/011499_tobacco_settlement.html

Highlights of the 2003-04 Analysis and Perspectives & Issues

Realigning Some Programs Make Sense Under the administration's plan, the state would increase taxes by more than $8  billion and shift this funding to counties and courts, along with a similar amount of program obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/03-04_budget_highlights.html

Cal Facts 2002: K-12 Education

This annual spending guarantee is met from two revenue sources : state aid and local property taxes. The state will provide 57 percent of all K-12 school revenue in 2002-03, while local government sources (property taxes and other local income) will contribute 31 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/cal_facts/trends_part_1_k12.html

Federal Retrenchment and State Management [Publication Details]

Oct 21, 1983 - Bill includes four observations as follows. (1) The states' management of the retrenchment process—particularly in terms of the transition from categoricals to block grants—has been a solid success. (2) The relationship between federal and state tax policies is not what many of us were led to believe. (3) Faced with the inevitability of federal retrenchment, state governments
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3423

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 2019 - Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes [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/4125

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 1 - November 30 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 1 - November 30 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 1 - November 30 November 30, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line:   California income tax withholding collections in November were 32.9 percent above November 2020, and collections to date in fiscal year 2021-22 are 22.7 percent above 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/719