Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - State budget analyses, including our own, anticipated tens of millions of dollars of state revenue due to the Games. An April 1984 DOF analysis estimated total state costs related to the 1984 Games at about $22  million (the equivalent of over $50  million today).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2016 - Both the state and the City of Los Angeles are already planning in case the Games return to Southern California. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a bill to provide state support for Los Angeles' bid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3506

Housing and Economic Mobility [EconTax Blog]

Oct 10, 2016 - Because of this, state intervention may be needed to encourage more home building in key parts of the state. Follow @LAOEconTax on Twitter for regular California economy and tax updates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/212

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - This settlement is in regards to payments that the tribe had previously made to the state for operating gaming devices in the state. Other Criminal Justice Programs Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/10

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Below, we present an interactive graphic that helps the reader visualize how the state budget spent $167  billion in total state revenues. (We exclude money from the federal government and from bond issuances in order to focus on state revenues.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/12

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - April 2016 state revenues fell short of projections. As a result, relative to the Governor ’s January budget proposal, the May Revision reflected a net $1.9  billion lower revenue estimate across 2014 –15 , 2015 –16 , and 2016 –17 combined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/2

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - When a state ’s waiver request is approved by the federal government, the state is permitted to waive certain federal requirements on the basis that the waiver serves to further the purpose of the state ’s Medicaid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/6

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Proposition  2 requires the state to make minimum annual deposits into the BSA, the state ’s rainy day fund. The budget includes a total Proposition  2 reserve requirement in 2016 –17 of $1.3  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/1

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Additionally, the state budget provides direct funding for increases in CSU ’s retiree health benefit costs and higher pension costs associated with CSU ’s 2013 –14 payroll level. CSU funds remaining pension cost increases (associated with compensation above the 2013 –14 payroll level) using unrestricted funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/5

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Specifically, the DMV plans to place between 30 and 50 new terminals in businesses around the state (such as grocery stores or convenience stores), in order to provide greater access to DMV services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/9