Income Tax Withholding Tracker: July 1 - July 23 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 23, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: July 1 - July 23 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: July 1 - July 23 July 23, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: California income tax withholding collections in July to date are 17.8 percent above July 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/679

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - State Low Income Housing Tax Credits Background State Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The state Low ‑Income Housing Tax Credit Program provides tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 17, 2019 - This includes (1) $6  million for local block grants to implement fire prevention and community preparedness activities, (2) $2.5  million to reimburse counties for maintenance of emergency evacuation routes, (3) $1  million to create a new fire outreach and extension program, (4) $250,000 to reimburse counties for providing training to local planners on land use
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4103

^[PDF] Update: Racial and Ethnic Disproportionalities and Disparities in California’s Child Welfare System

For example, across California, foster placements by county increase as the rate of poverty increases, as shown in the figure above. Notes: Size of bubble represents a county's share of total child population.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2024/Child-Welfare-Disparities-040324.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Health & Social Services Chapter

The wage-based approach is specifically authorized by current law, provides substantial benefits to the recipient in the form of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and may provide a better bridge to nonsubsidized employment and self-sufficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/health_ss/health_ss_anl99.pdf

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - UI Program Is Financed With Payroll Taxes Paid by Employers. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2023-24 Budget: California State Library

Apr 19, 2023 - In California, local public libraries can be operated by counties, cities, special districts, or joint powers authorities. Usually the local government operator designates a central library to coordinate activities among all the library branches within a jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4761

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These trends will be even more severe in some inland counties. For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

^[PDF] The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Until 2011-12, the state General Fund and counties shared significant portions of the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 realignment, which dedicated a portion of the state’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues to counties to administer child welfare and foster care programs (along with some public safety, behavioral health, and adult protective services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2023/4698/Child-Welfare-Proposals-022223.pdf

^[PDF] Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

The Legislature will want to consider whether to authorize additional sanctions and/ or continue or modify existing sanctions (such as wage garnishments, tax liens, or holds on drivers’ licenses). For example, under current law, collection programs can only direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver’s license of an offender who fails to pay once.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3322/criminal-fine-and-fee-system-010516.pdf