California’s First Film Tax Credit Program

Sep 29, 2016 - We expect the General Fund revenue reductions will peak in 2018 –19 at just under $110  million, as we show in Figure  8, before tapering off in later years. Tax credits could continue to be claimed until as late as fiscal year 2024 –25 , as taxpayers can carry credits forward for up to five years if they have insufficient tax liability to use them earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3502

August 2016 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 28, 2016 - For the month of August itself, the most notable seasonally-adjusted job gains were seen in the local government sector (apparently school district jobs) and professional and technical services (including consulting, computer system design, architecture, and research and development).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/210

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - In recent years, the Military Department has spent 92  percent or more of the budgeted appropriation for the program. A small amount goes unspent because some awards do not get paid in certain circumstances, such as when a student drops out of school prior to the end of the “add/drop ” period for courses at that school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501

Proposition 13 Report: More Data on California Property Taxes [EconTax Blog]

Sep 22, 2016 - (This excludes property taxes received by school districts and other local governmental entities.) Adjusted for inflation, as shown below, cities and counties received roughly $790 per person in all tax revenues in 1977-78 before Proposition 13.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/209

California Community Colleges: Second Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012

Sep 22, 2016 - Over the past two years, the state has taken notable actions to improve basic skills instruction. In the 2015 –16 budget, the Legislature funded two competitive, one –time basic skills grant programs to transform how community colleges (in collaboration with public schools and universities) provide basic skills instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3500

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - We recommend providing up to a total of $75  million for the grant program, or $25  million per year. (This amount is linked to certain SSS reimbursement rate changes that we recommend in the next section —changes that free up about $25  million in state funds per year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California [Publication Details]

Sep 21, 2016 - Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California [Publication Details] Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California Format: HTML Description: California opened its first school for the deaf in 1860, long before it established most other forms of special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3498

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - This effect is larger when the difference in ownership tenure is greater: prope rties owned one to five years longer than their neighbors were 25  percent less likely to be developed, compared to 69  percent for properties owned for 20 to 25 years longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497

2015 Census Data on Incomes [EconTax Blog]

Sep 15, 2016 - (A caveat: margins of error for these estimates are relatively high, as shown below.) 1-Year  ACS Poverty Data. The Census also  released 1-year ACS official poverty statistics today. These poverty statistics correspond roughly to the official poverty measure rate we discussed earlier this week , but are based on a different (larger) sample of households and
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/207

Poverty in California: Recently Released Census Data [EconTax Blog]

Sep 13, 2016 - In recent years, the U.S. Census Bureau has published poverty rates using two methodologies that approach poverty measurement differently, as described below. Both measures determine whether a household is poor by comparing the household ’s resources against a standard of need, known as a poverty threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/206