University of California Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - This language expresses legislative intent that the state General Fund pay the projects' associated debt service. UC has not yet determined the scope, cost, schedule, and associated debt service of each project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/305

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - The Legislature will need to decide if it agrees with the Governor ’s approach to spread the state ’s housing resources among broader income levels —including middle-income households —or whether it prefers to target the state ’s resources toward the Californians most in need of housing assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - California Is One of Only a Handful of States Without Some Type of Integrated Education Data System. According to the Education Commission of the States, as of November 2016, California was one of only eight states neither possessing nor in the process of creating an integrated education data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

LAO Estimates of Proposition 98 Guarantee Under L-Shaped Scenario [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/361

The 2020-21 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2020 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2020-21 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4330

^[PDF] 1945-47 Legislative Auditor's Report: Section I

For example, the item on pensions in the Budget Message recommends that the increase from $40 to $50 be continued during the next biennium but this is not in the Budget Bill. Also, while there is an increase in the Budget to meet at least a part of the recommendation for the promotion of safety of industrial workers and to speed up compen- sation claims, there is nothing in the
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1945/02_section_1_1945-47.pdf

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 19, 2020 - The state levies two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax. Fourth Quarter of 2019-20: $125 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $102 million and cultivation tax revenue was $23 million in the fourth quarter of 2019-20 (April through June).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/524

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - The new rules may result in a major operational shift for the state ’s child support system. Implementing these updates to the state ’s program may require significant state leadership and legislative involvement and could result in a restructuring of how counties operate child support services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

July 2019 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Aug 19, 2019 - Overall employment in the state has grown 1.8 percent over the previous 12 months, slightly ahead of the national pace of 1.5 percent.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/394

The 2019-20 May Revision: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 12, 2019 - The Governor proposes the state end 2019 ‑20 with $19.5  billion in total reserves. This total would consist of (1)  $16.5  billion in the Budget Stabilization Account, the state ’s constitutional reserve; (2)  $1.6  billion in the special fund for economic uncertainties (SFEU), which is available for any purpose including unexpected costs related to disasters;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4039