The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program

Mar 27, 2017 - We estimate our model using ordinary least squares with cluster ‑robust standard errors, accounting for clustering of our city level observations at the county level due to SCAPAP applying to all cities in participating counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3632

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - The Legislature could modify existing state funding allocations to cities and counties so that they are distributed based on population growth. Currently, however, discretionary state allocations to cities and counties are minor, representing a very small portion of city and county funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - Account for Transfers of Responsibility. From time to time, governments transfer responsibility for providing services to other governments or to the private sector. For example, the state might transfer responsibility for operating a park to a local government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - Proposition  10 stipulated, “no monies from [Proposition  10] shall be used to supplant state or local General Fund money for any purpose. ” The court found that transferring funds from Proposition  10 to avoid cuts in Medi ‑Cal was “disingenuous. ” Under that rationale, the court stated that “the state could cut Medi ‑Cal funding entirely and replace it with all with
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - Transfer Payments. Transfer payments consist mainly of government payments to and for the benefit of individuals, such as Social Security, disability payments, Medicare and Medicaid payments, unemployment insurance benefits, and veterans ’ benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

Technology Transfer Agreements and California’s Sales Tax [Publication Details]

Jan 30, 2017 - Technology Transfer Agreements and California’s Sales Tax [Publication Details] 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/Publications/Detail/3541

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - This result holds if the child remains in the same city as an adult or moves to a similarly high–priced area. As a result, income mobility—that is, the difference between the child’s and the parent’s rank—is largely unaffected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January

Dec 6, 2016 - Most of these local governments are cities in the Bay Area. The figure below shows which Bay Area cities already have minimum wages that will be higher than $10.50 per hour on January 1 st . (Additionally, San Diego ’s minimum wage —not pictured —will be $11.50 per hour.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3512

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - This effect is larger when the difference in ownership tenure is greater: prope rties owned one to five years longer than their neighbors were 25  percent less likely to be developed, compared to 69  percent for properties owned for 20 to 25 years longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497

Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State’s Lost & Found Program [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2015 - Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State’s Lost & Found Program [Publication Details] Infographic Description: California law has long required banks, insurance companies, and many other types of entities to transfer to the State Controller’s Office (SCO) personal property considered abandoned by owners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3167