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2022-23 Fiscal Outlook Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog]

Nov 17, 2021 - We end the post with observations on revenues from each of the state ’s three largest taxes. Revenue Is Surging, But Is It Sustainable? Unprecedented Growth in Revenues. Revenue collections have grown rapidly in recent months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/712

2007-08: Overview of the Governor’s Budget

In addition, the administration shifted the expected sale of the pension obligation bonds from 2007 –08 to 2008 –09 —eliminating a $525 million budget –year solution. (A court ruling against the state in July 2007 later forced the administration to drop this proposal altogether.)
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/spend_plan/spending_plan_07-08.aspx

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - Charges Out-of-State Students Fees, With Revenue for Specified Purposes. Although all students (in and out of state) enrolling on a for-credit basis are to pay tuition, out-of-state students are to pay additional fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California [Publication Details]

Feb 7, 2024 - Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California identifies some of the biggest and most complex policy issues facing the state and its policymakers. Given the significance and complexity of these issues, our discussion of each issue is necessarily high level and does not provide recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4830

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In high-wage states like California, top-coding seriously hinders analyses that consider the upper portion of the wage distribution. Also, starting in April 2023, the Census Bureau has rou nded wages and earnings to a greater degree than it did historically, although the wage measurements remain more precise than those in other publicly available data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 2 (Attorneys and Hearing Officers)

Aug 29, 2016 - Salary increases also increase state costs for overtime and salary-driven benefits, including state contributions to employees ’ pension, Medicare, and Social Security. (In addition —as discussed in greater detail later —the agreement establishes the state ’s contributions to prefund retiree health benefits as a percentage of pay, creating an additional cost that fluctuate with pay levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3495

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: School District Financial Condition

The pension systems calculate the normal cost of pension benefits, or the average annual amount that must be deposited in the pension fund during an employee’s working life to fully cover the cost of pensions during the emplo yee’s retirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_06_anl06.html

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2024 -
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4867

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - State law limits the type of gaming that can occur in California. For example, state law currently bans sports wagering in California. However, state law allows certain gaming activities in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031