^[PDF] Rethinking PARIS Data Match: Connecting Veterans on Medi-Cal to Federal Benefits

Increasing veterans’ access to their entitled compensation and pension benefits has been a consistent priority for the Legislature. However, the DHCS report suggests that monetary benefit enhancement may have been underemphasized during the original pilot due to lack of resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/hlth/paris/paris-080613.pdf

The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2020 - State law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new state-reimbursable mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be repealed, funded, suspended, or modified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4192

The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate

Mar 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate The 2020-21 Budget U-Visa I-918 Form Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities. State law tasks the Commission on State Mandates with determining whether new state laws or regulations affecting local governments create state-reimbursable mandates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4192

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2021 - In addition, we recommend the Legislature take advantage of a provision of federal law that allows states to defer 75 percent of their UI loan interest payments during economic downturns. If the state chooses to partially defer its interest payment, we estimate the 2021-22 UI loan interest payment would total roughly $65 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4360

California New Business Creation: September 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 14, 2021 - California New Business Creation: September 2021 [EconTax Blog] California New Business Creation: September 2021 October 14, 2021 Brian Uhler The extent of new business creation in California can be a useful gauge of the health of the state ’s economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/704

Proposition 25 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Impact on State and Local Tax Revenues. This proposition would impact both state and local tax revenues. On the one hand, it would reduce state and local tax revenues. For example, insurance companies would no longer pay taxes on bail bond fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=25&year=2020

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Increasing the CalWORKs take-up rate would allow the state to provide important aid to these families in the years ahead. State Has Made Efforts to Improve Take-Up Rates in Similar Programs. Compared to other states, California historically signed up a relatively small share of families eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (a federal program that helps low-income individuals purchase groceries, known locally as CalFresh).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - For example, the California State Auditor recently found that utilization of children ’s preventive services in Medi ‑ Cal —which managed care plans are primarily responsible for arranging —lags that of most other state Medicaid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357

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

Dec 4, 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/589

November 2020 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Dec 18, 2020 - The figure below shows how employment has evolved in both the state and the nation since the start of the pandemic. Overall employment in the state as of the middle of  November  was 8.0 percent below the level of February, somewhat worse than the national figure of 6.4 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/599