Snapshot of Internet Usage in Schools

Jan 13, 2015 - The most recent data from CBEDS for the 2011-12 school year indicate that the average number of students per school-owned device was five. Elementary schools had the highest ratio of students to computers (six students to one device) and middle and junior high schools had the lowest ratio of students to computers (four students to one device).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3892

^[PDF] November 5, 2024 Ballot Page 4 of 4 YES/NO

November 5, 2024 Ballot Page 4 of 4 YES/NO STATEMENT A YES vote on this measure means: The state could borrow $10 billion to build new or renovate existing public school and community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2024/prop2-110524.pdf

January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Impact on Local Property Tax Revenues [EconTax Blog]

Feb 10, 2025 - Full recovery could take several years. Executive Orders May Delay Property Tax Collections. The Governor ’s January 16 executive order (and February 4 amendments) grants additional property tax relief to thousands of property owners in fire-affected and surrounding areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/819

2017 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 11, 2017 - There are various reasons this is the case: people always are switching from one job to another, wrapping up a temporary seasonal job, moving to another home, or graduating from school and looking for work.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/239

^[PDF] Overview of Transportation Funding in California

In 2024‑25, the amount paid from the General Fund is estimated at roughly $390 million. Recent General Fund and GGRF Augmentations „ Budget packages from 2021‑22 through 2023‑24 planned for significant multiyear augmentations—$12.3 billion—for transportation programs funded primarily by the General Fund, with a smaller portion coming from special funds. „ In
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/transportation/2025/Transportation-Funding-030325.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of State Funding for Affordable Housing Production

L E G I S L AT I V E A N A LY S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 One-Time, Discretionary Initiatives Legislature Has Funded Various One-Time Housing Initiatives in Recent Years „ Figure 1 shows that from 2019-20 through 2023-24, the Legislature provided a total of about $12 billion for various one-time, discretionary housing initiatives. „ The state did not provide any discretionary funding for those purposes in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2025/Affordable-Housing-Production-022725.pdf

Hastings College of the Law Budget [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - In 2019-20, Hastings is spending $750,000 of this funding for the first year of the initiative. It will spend the remaining $3.8 million from 2020-21 through 2024-25. The initiative covers tuition and a portion of living costs for two, three-year student cohorts from historically black colleges and universities and the American University of Armenia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/318

^[PDF] 1,000 percent sales tax on some political advertisements.

Harris 2 December 29, 2015 measure provides the sales tax will not apply to the first $1 million “of spending within a calendar year by any tax entity,” as specified. The tax proceeds would solely benefit "California public education."
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150605.pdf

The 2019-20 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - In this scenario, we assume a recession begins in the third quarter of calendar year 2020, based on Moody ’s Analytics “moderate ” recession scenario. (This scenario is not based on a recent historical example, but rather a model of one possible recession scenario that Moody ’s believes could materialize in the coming years.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3896

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - We estimate that the total debt service (including interest) on the $332  million in projects proposed for lease revenue bond financing in 2023 ‑24 would be about $25  million per year for 25 years, resulting in a total cumulative cost of over $600  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710