The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - (The California School Boards Association sued the state over its previous action not to rebench the guarantee. A trial court ruled against the state in late 2016, and the state is in the midst of appealing that decision.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2019-20 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Apr 24, 2019 - In 2018 ‑19, $ 43  m illion ( 74  p ercent) of its ongoing funding came from student tuition and fees, $ 14  m illion ( 24  p ercent) came from state General Fund, and $1. 6  m illion (2. 7  p ercent) came from various other sources (including the state lottery and investment income).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4011

The 2019-20 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2018 - The longer-term outlook for the state also is positive. Under our economic growth scenario, the state would have operating surpluses averaging around $4.5 billion per year (but declining over time). Under our recession scenario, the state would have enough reserves to cover a budget problem—provided the Legislature used all of the available resources in 2019-20 to build more reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3896

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - California , a state appellate court found the state was responsible for a levee failure along the Yuba River in 1986. The state eventually paid a $ 464  m illion settlement to the nearly 3, 000 p laintiffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: April 26-May 2 [EconTax Blog]

May 7, 2020 - Department of Labor (DOL) released data on the number of unemployment claims processed by state labor departments during the week of April 19 to April 25. Below we offer some observations on these weekly claims data.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/462

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - In 2012, the state adopted standards aligned to the Common Core for English Learners. Forty ‑two states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. State Is Implementing New Science Standards.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

^[PDF] 1966 Budget Analysis: Regulation and Licensing

Enforceme.nt Program The enforcement program includes shop inspections for rule com- pliance, complaint investigations, filing of accusations, hearings, sus- pension and revocation of licenses and criminal prosecutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1966/14_regulation_license_1966.pdf

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - DGS completed the State Office Building Strategy in March  2016 and made some minor revisions to it in January 2018. The State Office Building Strategy includes building three new state office buildings and renovating eight existing state office buildings within about ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - The state still was using the 2005 market survey to set rates up to January 1, 2015. By January 1, 2018, the state had begun using the 2016 survey to set rates. Over this period, state RMR funding increased by 26  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

June 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Jul 10, 2019 - June 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Carolyn Chu June Collections Slightly Exceed  Estimates. Collections for the personal income tax (PIT), corporation tax, and sales tax were $350  million above the administration ’s May estimates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/384