The 2021-22 Budget: Creating a New Department of Better Jobs and Higher Wages [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2021 - Furthermore, reorganizing a portion of the Employment Development Department during the pandemic poses potentially serious risks to the state's efforts to eliminate the growing backlog of unemployment insurance claims that have not been distributed to workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4361

Snapshot of the California Economy: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 23, 2020 - Over the last several months, the state has experienced abrupt and dramatic swings in economic activity. While a variety of data is available to track developments in the state economy, drawing clear conclusions from these disparate data points can be difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/569

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Background State Provides a Limited Number of Competitive Awards. The state currently authorizes 41, 000 n ew competitive awards annually for students who do not qualify for an entitlement award. As Figure  4 shows, CSAC uses a scoring matrix to prioritize among eligible applicants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

^[PDF] The 2016-17 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget

• Given the high growth rate of unfunded pension liabilities, should one-time pension payments take priority over some of the proposed infrastructure spending? Ongoing Budget Commitments • What is the Legislature’s tolerance for the risk of future budget problems?
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3324/budget-overview-011116.pdf

Proposition 23 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Summary of Legislative Analyst ’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually. Ballot Label Fiscal Impact : Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=23&year=2020

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education [Publication Details]

Oct 25, 2021 - This post summarizes overall Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2021-22 budget package. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4466

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? [EconTax Blog]

Dec 8, 2020 - Latino Workers Make Up Disproportionate Share of State ’s Frontline Workforce. As shown in the figure below, while Latino workers make up only 38  percent of the state ’s workforce, half of the state ’s frontline workers are Latino.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/593

COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? [EconTax Blog]

Dec 8, 2020 - Latino Workers Make Up Disproportionate Share of State ’s Frontline Workforce. As shown in the figure below, while Latino workers make up only 38  percent of the state ’s workforce, half of the state ’s frontline workers are Latino.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/593

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2021 - In recent years, as wildfires have increased in severity and damage, the Legislature has shown growing interest in state support of wildfire prevention efforts, including regional planning for forest health activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4482

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - Emergence of COVID-19 Significantly Altered State ’s Approach. In March, the state ’s public health and economic situations began to change dramatically because of the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278