The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Voting Equipment $87.3  Million General Fund to Replace County Voting Systems. The budget provides one-time funding of $87.3  million to counties for the research and development, purchase, or lease of hardware and software to replace county voting systems and technology, and county election management systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - To the extent that both County A and County B implemented a $1.00 local wage increase sometime in 2018, the state and county share of costs would depend on the level of the state participation cap. As shown in Figure  3, due to the state participation cap, the state and county share of cost for a $1.00 wage increase is different for County A than County B.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Businesses Set to Pay Add ‑On Federal UI Tax Beginning in 2023. To repay the federal loans, the federal UI payroll tax rate on employers will increase by 0.3  percent for tax year 2022. However, employers will not pay this higher rate until 2023  when employers remit their 2022 federal UI payroll taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

May 30, 2018 - The agreement ties lodging and travel reimbursement rates for Unit 6 members to the rates established in CalHR ’s Online HR Manual (refer to Sections 2201 , 2202 , and 2203 ). This results in higher reimbursement rates for travel in five counties as well as an increased reimbursement rate for the use of private aircraft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3847

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - UI Program Is Financed With Payroll Taxes Paid by Employers. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - The state ’s first stimulus program also provided an extra $600 payment to low-income undocumented workers who pay taxes using an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). ITINs are used by about half of the state ’s undocumented workers to pay taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 10, 2021 - UI Program Is Financed With Payroll Taxes Paid by Employers. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4360

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - CASE contracted with UCLA to compare salaries of Unit 2 attorneys and administrative law judges to salaries for comparable municipal, county, and federal positions. The study draws from State Controller payroll data for city, county, and superior courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095