February 2019 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Mar 26, 2019 - Overall employment in the state grew 1.3 percent over the previous 12 months, somewhat below the nation ’s 1.7 percent growth rate. The state ’s growth rate has exceeded the nation ’s in the key, high-paying information and professional/technical services sectors.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/358

Home Sales Update: April 2020 [EconTax Blog]

May 22, 2020 - This next graph compares each week in 2020 to the comparable week in 2019 using Redfin data for California ’s major markets which cover most of the state. The graph shows that the dropoff from 2019 to 2020 accelerated as April went on.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/468

February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 2, 2018 - February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein This post describes preliminary collections from the state ’s three main taxes —the personal income tax (PIT), sales and use tax, and the corporation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/268

Proposition 2 [Ballot]

Nov 6, 2018 - This is because the state would have gone forward with No Place Like Home in any case. If the courts would have rejected the state ’s plan, the state would not have been able to move forward with No  Place Like Home.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=2&year=2018

August 2019 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 23, 2019 - Overall employment in the state has grown 1.8 percent over the previous 12 months, somewhat ahead of the national pace of 1.4 percent.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/402

Changes in California Student Aid Commission Total Spending [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/352

Proposition 6 [Ballot]

Nov 6, 2018 - State funding mainly comes from state fuel and vehicle taxes. State funding has increased by about three-quarters over the last two years mainly due to recent legislation. Recent State Transportation Funding Legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=6&year=2018

Building Permits Update: November 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 9, 2020 - Through the first eleven months of 2019 the state recorded 51,656 single family permits, down 4 percent from 2018. This chart shows three decades of permit activity in California going back to 1990, assuming that December 2019 comes in right at the 2014-18 average for the month.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/427

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - First, the state has significantly reduced the level of overcrowding in its prisons. As of January 31, 2000 state prisons were at about 195  p ercent of their design capacity. However, by July  25, 2018, state prisons were populated at 136  p ercent of their design capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023

Middle Class Scholarship Program [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/313