2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: California's Cash Flow Crisis

Payment of state employees ’ wages and benefits, including state payments to pension and other employee benefit trust funds. State Medi –Cal claims. Payments on lease –revenue bonds. Any amounts required to be paid by the courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/stadm/cash_flow/cash_flow_011409.aspx

General obligation bonds for various natural resources-related programs and projects. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Fiscal Effects Fiscal Effects on State Government. This measure would allow the state to borrow up to $7.9  billion by selling general obligation bonds to investors, who would be repaid with interest using the state ’s general tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-005

Pretrial release and bail. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2019 - New State Pretrial Release Process State Adopted New Process in 2018. The Legislature passed and the Governor signed Chapter  244 of 2018 (SB  10, Hertzberg), which establishes a new state pretrial process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-006

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: May 31-June 6 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 12, 2020 - Should continued claims keep rising, however, it could signal that the state is in for a protracted slump. Initial Claims Count Similar to Recent Weeks. California had 258,060 initial claims between May 31 and June 6.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/478

Building Permits Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 3, 2020 - Single family activity has returned to normal after the pandemic-driven spring slump, as prices have been rising in most of the state ’s metropolitan areas. The multifamily housing permit total of 4,196 was the highest since January, if slightly below the recent average for September.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/574

Voluntary Contribution Tax "Check-Offs" [EconTax Blog]

Mar 4, 2020 - The most successful fund —Rare & Endangered Species Preservation —received $619,223 in contributions from state taxpayers in 2018.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/439

Chronic Dialysis Clinics [Ballot]

Dec 13, 2019 - We estimate that this scenario would lead to increased costs for state and local governments in the low tens of millions of dollars annually. This represents a small increase relative to the state ’s total spending on Medi-Cal and to state and local governments ’ total spending on employee and retiree health coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-025

The 2020-21 Budget: Reinventing the Department of Business Oversight

Feb 26, 2020 - What Should DFPI ’s Role Be Relative to Other State Regulatory Departments? The proposed language would authorize DFPI to take action against licensees of other state departments for UDAAP violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4181

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: May 24-30 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 5, 2020 - Should continued claims keep rising, however, it could signal that the state is in for a protracted slump. Initial Claims Similar to Recent Weeks. California had 230,461 initial claims between May 24 and May 30.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/476

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - State law allows property owners to deduct property tax payments from their taxable income for the purposes of calculating PIT and corporation tax payments. This reduces their tax bills. State Constitution Governs State Spending on Schools and Community Colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008