The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Taxes Business Tax Reductions Lifts Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions. The Governor ’s budget proposes to end, one year early, temporary limits on the ability of businesses to use NOL deductions and tax credits to reduce their tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The state has funded the restoration of IHSS service hours with General Fund since 2016 ‑17 so long as the managed care organization (MCO) tax established in 2016 was in place. While the 2016 MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19, the 2019 ‑20 budget continued the use of General Fund to restore IHSS service hours, subject to potential suspension on December 31, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - While the executive order was set to expire on July 30, 2021, the spending plan includes language that permanently maintains the prioritization of directing federal tax offsets to families above the government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/5

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - If the Legislature wants to make different decisions about this spending (without statutory changes or fund shifts), it can either: (1)  use the funds to make tax rebates and additional payments to schools, (2)  spend on other SAL-excluded purposes, or (3)  use the funds to reduce taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CAC = California Arts Council; CalVet = California Department of Veterans Affairs; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDI = California Department of Insurance; CDT = California Department of Technology; SOC = Security Operations Center; IT = information technology; CMD = California Military Department; CPUC = California Public Utilities
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/6

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 r ealignment, 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Following a major realignment of state and local responsibilities in 1991, some funds generated by a new sales tax and a portion of the vehicle license fee accrue to a special fund with a series of subaccounts which pay for a variety of health and human services programs and responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - More recently, the state allocated $2  million in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18 to improve awareness and take-up of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides money to low-income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Tax Reductions and Business Assistance Tax Refunds to Low-Income Californians. The Governor ’s budget proposes a one ‑time $600 tax refund to taxpayers who received the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for 2019 and taxpayers using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) who will receive the EITC for 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2020-21 May Revision: Analysis of 2020-21 May Revision IHSS Budget

Jun 9, 2020 - We note that this cost includes things other than wages and benefits, such as certain associated taxes and administrative costs. The increase in the weighted average of provider hourly wages in 2019 ‑20 largely reflects the inclusion of locally negotiated provider wage and benefit increases not captured in January estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4253