The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Although federal law allows states to establish their own eligibility criteria for early intervention, it requires each state to identify and serve all children meeting these state ‑specific criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - If the resources within a mutual aid region are insufficient because the disaster has grown very large, regional mutual aid coordinators work with state-level staff to request additional resources from other areas, including local governments in other parts of the state, various state agencies, other states, the federal government, or other countries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - State Periodically Experiences Damaging Earthquakes. The state has experienced a number of destructive earthquakes in its history. Figure  9 highlights some of the major earthquakes that have affected the state in the past 50 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

The 2020-21 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 18, 2020 - In addition, California State University ’s Los Angeles Campus (CSULA) offers a bachelor ’s degree granting program at California State Prison, Los Angeles County. This program is designed to provide in ‑person instruction for the last two years of college to up to 50 i nmates at no cost to the inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4164

Building Permits Update: July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 31, 2020 - Nearly 60 percent of the state total came from just two counties: Los Angeles, which recorded its biggest monthly total since January, and Santa Clara, which had its biggest month since 2018. Nonresidential construction permits were slightly lower in July than in June.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/536

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - California ’s state and local governments charge a sales tax on the retail sale of tangible goods. The average rate is 8.6  percent. Of that, 3.94  percent raises money for the state ’s General Fund, and 2.06  percent raises money the state provides to counties for various local programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

Cal Grant Spending [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/402

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: August 30 - September 5 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 11, 2020 - Through March and April, the key measure that captured the impact of the virus on the state ’s workers was the number of new unemployment claims being filed each week. Equally important going forward, however, will be the level of continued claims —the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits each week.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/544

Home Sales Update: May 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2020 - The slump deepened in May, as the state recorded barely half as many sales as in May 2019. The graph below shows unadjusted home sale counts according to Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. This next graph compares each week in 2020 to the comparable week in 2019 using Redfin data for California ’s twelve largest markets.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/486

The 2019-20 Budget: Community College Student Success Awareness Initiative

Apr 25, 2019 - The state provides $5.3  million through the Student Financial Aid Administration program for the CCC system to operate the “I Can Afford College ” marketing campaign. (The state also funds financial aid outreach through the California Student Aid Commission, as described in the nearby box.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4017