Why Have Sales Taxes Grown Slower Than the Economy? [Publication Details]

Aug 5, 2013 - Correspondingly, total sales tax revenues for the state and local governments have grown somewhat slower than the state's economy since 1980, despite periodic increases in the tax rate. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2800

Eliminating non-Proposition 98 funding for select education programs

Mar 12, 2012 - In 2011-12, the state is providing about  $8.1 million in General Fund support for the AVID program.   Governor Proposes to Eliminate State Funding. The  Governor proposes to  eliminate the $8.1 million appropriation  for AVID.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/563

Proposed elimination of the Colorado River Board (CRB)

May 20, 2011 - In all other Colorado River Basin states, DOI  contracts directly with each state.   Because the contracts are with the individual agencies, the need for California state representation in Colorado River negotiations may be lesser relative to other basin states, and the CRB has informed us that there is no legal  requirement for California state involvement in Colorado River negotiations.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/426

California's New Minimum Wage: An Introduction to the Series [EconTax Blog]

Dec 6, 2016 - The first post highlights the parts of the state that will have minimum wages higher than the statewide minimum wage in 2017. The remaining three posts describe the population of low-wage workers in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/220

National mortgage settlement proceeds

May 22, 2012 - The administration states that these are the state General Fund  costs that could best be considered homeowner-related programs eligible for offset under the settlement agreement. LAO Findings. We believe the administration ’s proposal to use the settlement proceeds to provide budgetary savings makes sense given the state ’s fiscal situation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/608

Governor's proposal to reduce most state employees' salaries by 5 percent.

Jan 27, 2010 - Governor's proposal to reduce most state employees' salaries by 5 percent. Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/52

Maximizing federal funding for parolee mental health care

May 29, 2013 - If the state took these steps, we estimate it could achieve net General Fund savi ngs of about $6 million in 2013-14 and $28 million annually upon full implementation in 2014-15 (assuming the state implements the Medi-Cal expansion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/766

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2018 - In this analysis, we describe the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) Project and the major changes to the project based on the newly released Special Project Report (SPR). We also describe the Governor’s 2018-19 budget proposal to fund activities associated with the new SPR at the State Controller’s Office. Finally, we make associated findings and recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3768

Unemployment Insurance Fund Insolvency

Mar 6, 2012 - The state portion of UI taxes is used solely to fund UI benefit s for unemployed workers in California. State unemployment tax rates vary across years, as well as across employers. State tax rates are set by a series of rate schedules ranging f rom AA (the lowest rates) to F+ (the highest).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/555

Funding CalSTRS [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2014 - The state and school districts likely will bear the majority of these costs. The presentation discusses options the state's leaders may have in developing the plan to address this huge funding problem over the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2951