Home Prices Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 2, 2020 - The graph below shows appreciation over the past 12 months for the state ’s 15 largest counties. The two most expensive of these, San Francisco and San Mateo, have lagged the rest of the state while neighboring and slightly less expensive Santa Clara has seen the sharpest growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/573

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - UC Law SF indicates that the remaining project costs will be split between conventional debt ‑financing ($103  million) and the historic tax credit equity program ($37  million), which is a federal program focused on the rehabilitation of certified historic buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

May 23, 2019 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. The state levies two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/376

Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - Since 1992, every county in California has been declared a federal disaster area at least once for a flooding event. However, some portions of the state —such as parts of the Sacramento Valley —are more prone to flooding than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

The 2017-18 Budget: Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Feb 23, 2017 - Proposition  2 also made eligible reimbursements for pre ‑2004 mandate claims from cities, counties, and special districts, but the 2014 ‑15 budget paid off these outstanding claims. We describe each of the remaining eligible liabilities in greater detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3574

^[PDF] LAO 2002 Budget Analysis: General Government Chapter

Board of Equalization F - 41 Legislative Analyst’s Office BOARD OF EQUALIZATION (0860) The Board of Equalization (BOE) is one of California’s two major tax collection agencies. In terms of its responsibilities, BOE: (1) collects state and local sales and use taxes, and a variety of business and excise taxes and fees, including those levied on
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/general_govt/gengov_anl02.pdf

The 2013-14 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Under current federal law, many federal taxes are scheduled to rise in 2013 —potentially increasing tax liabilities of about 90 percent of the population. The following tax increases (or end to temporary tax reductions) are scheduled to occur as part of the fiscal cliff: The end of the “Bush tax cuts ” (which
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/bud/fiscal-outlook/fiscal-outlook-2012.aspx

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - When combined with slightly smaller increases in the local property tax portion of Proposition  98, overall growth in school and community college funding would average around 4.6  percent annually. Operating Deficits Average $18   Billion Annually Under LAO Estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - Local government agencies —usually water districts, cities, and counties —fund most of the projects that provide clean water for people to drink and supply water for farming. These include projects to increase water supplies, such as building water recycling plants.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014

^[PDF] Focus Budget 1992 Local Government Funding

This is because AB 1344 contains the formula for distributing the remaining trial court funding block grants to counties and, without a statutory formula, the Controller will be unable to distribute approxi- mately $430 million to counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/1992/090892_focus_budget.pdf