Improving In-Prison Rehabilitation Programs

Dec 6, 2017 - For example, the Legislature could consider providing funding based on an average of multiple years instead of attendance in a single year or could consider providing the high est of two years of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3720

A Review of Caltrans’ Vehicle Insurance Costs

Dec 5, 2017 - Premiums Have More Than Tripled Over Last Three Years. Figure  4 shows Caltrans ’ premiums each year over the last decade. For the first seven years, premiums fluctuated around $ 5  m illion. Then, premiums nearly doubled in 2015 ‑16, and then increased by nearly two ‑thirds in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3721

Estate taxes and financial aid for college. [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2017 - Funds first would be used to provide tuition coverage in the first year of college for Cal Grant B recipients and eliminate two Cal G rant B entitlement criteria —the requirements that students be recent high school graduates and meet academic criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-038

Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 2) [Ballot]

Nov 28, 2017 - The settlement award typically includes a small penalty portion that is divided between the employees (25  percent) and the state (75  percent). Most Employees ’ Attorneys Paid on Contingency Fee Basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-036

Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 3) [Ballot]

Nov 28, 2017 - The measure limits the contingency fees of attorneys representing employees in PAGA lawsuits to 25  percent of the first $100,000 recovered for the employees and 12.5  percent of any additional amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-037

Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 1) [Ballot]

Nov 28, 2017 - The settlement award typically includes a small penalty portion that is divided between the employees (25  percent) and the state (75  percent). Proposal This measure repeals the Private Attorneys General Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-035

Fiscal Outlook: Focus on Revenues [EconTax Blog]

Nov 15, 2017 - We assume 10% year-over-year declines in both PIT and CT revenues in 2019-20 and 2020-21. This is accompanied by small losses of SUT revenue in each of those two fiscal years. General Fund revenue bottoms out in 2020-21 at $117 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/257

Fiscal Outlook: Property Taxes Exceed Budget Expectations [EconTax Blog]

Nov 15, 2017 - Growth in assessed property values in 2017-18 falls in line with the pattern of growth in recent years. Since recovering from the recession, assessed values have had four straight years of growth in the neighborhood of 6% per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/258

State Fiscal Effects of California’s Minimum Wage

Nov 15, 2017 - A law passed in 2016 ( SB 3 [Leno] ) will increase California’s statewide minimum wage over a period of several years, reaching $15 per hour for most workers as soon as January 1, 2022. (In a 2016 blog series , we presented some data on the workers who will be affected by this policy.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3714

The 2018-19 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - The near-term budget outlook is positive. Under our current estimates, the state would have $19.3 billion in total reserves (including $7.5 billion in discretionary reserves) at the end of 2018-19, assuming the Legislature makes no additional budget commitments. The Legislature can use discretionary resources to build more budget reserves, increase spending, and/or reduce taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3718/1