Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - The Legislature has not adopted statewide goals for the number of zero ‑emission heavy ‑duty vehicles deployed by a certain year. We note, however, that the 2016 Governor ’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan establishes targets of improving freight system efficiency by 25  p ercent and deploying over 100,000 vehicles and equipment capable of zero ‑emission operation by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

Analyzing Recent Changes to State Support for Fiscally Distressed Districts [Publication Details]

Dec 20, 2018 - Recent legislation made several changes to the state’s system for intervening in fiscally distressed school districts. These changes could have significant implications for districts moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3914

Analyzing Recent Changes to State Support for Fiscally Distressed Districts

Dec 20, 2018 - Conclusion For schools to keep their doors open, school districts must maintain good fiscal health. Local school boards are the ones tasked with keeping their districts in good fiscal health. These boards are to balance their district budgets each year, even when —especially when —doing so requires difficult trade ‑offs and decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3914

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - Figure 2 IHSS Provider Wagers Per State Minimum Wage a 2017 2024 and onwards Increase by inflation a The state minimum wage reflects the minimum wage of In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers across all counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - At the state level, the Department of Finance (DOF) also uses Census population counts to re ‑bench its population estimates every ten years (although DOF has its own population estimates for the intervening years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2018 - Second, we discuss how the Census is conducted—including the steps the federal government has taken to date and what it plans to do over the next few years to conduct the 2020 Census. (We also describe state efforts to supplement these federal activities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3909

The Great Recession and California's Recovery [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2018 - The Great Recession and California's Recovery [Publication Details] The Great Recession and California's Recovery Format: PDF Description: Nearly ten years ago today, Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year projected a $42 billion deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3910

November 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Dec 12, 2018 - Year-to-Date Totals Remain Ahead of Projections. Due to the various processing issues for the PIT and sales tax , the year-to-date totals provide a clearer view of the revenue picture than the monthly numbers.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/334

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Of the 76 AP agencies, 51 are nonprofit community–based organizations, 14 are county of fices of education, 9 are county welfare departments, 1 i s a school district, and 1 i s a city government. AP Agencies Have a Variety of Administrative Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

Evaluation of a Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Manufacturers

Dec 11, 2018 - As described above, each purchaser can apply the partial exemption to no more than $ 200  m illion worth of purchases per year —equivalent to $ 8  m illion of tax exemptions. Like the prior option, this one would strengthen investment incentives but result in larger revenue losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3907