Income Tax Withholding Tracker: March 1 - March 29 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 30, 2021 - The first graph shows that withholding payments through 21 collection days (29 calendar days) in March 2021 are up 20.3 percent from the first 21 collection days in March 2020. The effects of the pandemic began to show up in the withholding data in the second half of March 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/636

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - (Despite a total of $12. 4  m illion in associated expenditures over the past three years, the administration reports the maintenance backlog at SSS decreased from $25. 6  m illion in 2015 ‑ 16 t o $21. 3  m illion as of June 2018.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - First, it requires students and their parents to begin thinking about transferring for the upcoming school year in the fall of the previous school year. For a district that begins school in late August, the Januar y 1 d eadline comes nearly eight months before the start of the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jul 1, 2021 - In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2020. Number of Patients Served. In 2020, licensees identified 13, 278 t ransactions as medicinal donations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4447

LAO Education

Handout Overview of Proposition 98 Budget Proposals Format: February 25, 2014 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance Report Review of School Transportation in California Format: HTML February 25, 2014 - In 2013-14, the Legislature undertook a major restructuring of school finance but retained the state’s Home-to-School Transportation (HTST) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=5&year=0&page=20

^[PDF] Proposition 98 Overview

We recommend $25 million in ongoing funds. d We recommend $10 million (Assembly version) with $5 million in one-time and $5 million in ongoing funds. June 2, 2004 Page 4 LAO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE (In Millions) Proposition 98 One-Time K-12 Funds LAO Proposed Compromise Page Program Governor Senate Assembly LAO 204 Start-up for universal preschool — — $66.0 — 217
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2004/Proposition_98_Overview.pdf

Minimum wage. [Ballot]

Jan 24, 2022 - These rising prices are called “inflation. ” Under current law, the state will adjust its minimum wage every year, starting in 2024. Each adjustment will reflect U.S. inflation, except in two cases: If inflation is negative, the adjustment will be zero.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-043

^[PDF] Countywide Charter School Petitions

The new language would allow a charter school to receive advance apportionments when (1) the school is experiencing major structural changes of a one-time nature and (2) the change is likely to increase pupil enrollment by 25 percent or more over the prior fi scal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2013/Charter-School-Petitions-060413.pdf

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Proposition 98)

Jun 19, 2015 - This funding follows a two-year planning period in which school districts, community college districts, and other adult education providers established 70 consortia to coordinate services regionally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3273

Various changes to FGP and and Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.

Mar 21, 2013 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature require the release of 50  percent of FGP funding by the end of August, 25  percent by the end of February, and 25  percent by the end of July following the close of the fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/733