The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Apr 26, 2021 - Under Proposition  2, the state must continue to deposit funds into the BSA until it reaches a threshold balance of 10  percent of General Fund tax revenue. Once the BSA reaches this threshold, required deposits that would bring the fund above 10  percent of General Fund taxes instead must be spent on infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4418

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CAC = California Arts Council; CalVet = California Department of Veterans Affairs; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDI = California Department of Insurance; CDT = California Department of Technology; SOC = Security Operations Center; IT = information technology; CMD = California Military Department; CPUC = California Public Utilities
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/6

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Cal Facts: 2016 Limits property tax rates and assessment increases. Establishes vote requirement for certain taxes. 4 (1979) Sets annual state and local spending caps. Requires state to reimburse local governments for some state mandates. 98 (1988) Establishes minimum funding requirement for schools and community colleges. 172 (1993) Imposes half-cent sales
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/1

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - Since 2016 ‑17, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7  percent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. Under current law, the MCO tax is set to expire at the end of 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) State EITC Adopted in 2015. The EITC is a personal income tax credit that is intended to reduce poverty among California ’s poorest working families by increasing their after ‑tax income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/12

The 2018-19 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - California, for example, may be disproportionately affected by proposed changes to the state and local tax deduction, but the state ’s economy also could benefit from other parts of the plan. Changes to the federal tax code also could affect the administration of state tax laws, and this could lead to proposals for legislation to conform California ’s tax laws to some of the federal changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3718

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

Oct 2, 2018 - The state ’s largest three General Fund taxes —the personal income tax, sales and use tax, and corporation tax —are projected to increase 4  p ercent. Figure 3
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2020 - In addition to The 2021-22 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook report and the accompanying The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges report, several related posts on health and human services, economics and taxes, and other issues will be published in the coming days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4297

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Personal Income Tax Is Dominant State Revenue Source. The personal income tax (PIT) is the state ’s tax on most sources of individual income, including: salaries and wages, proprietor and partnership income, capital gains, dividends and interest, and retirement distributions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Local transportation funding sources include local sales taxes, transit fares, development impact fees, and property taxes. About one-fifth of the state ’s transportation funding comes from the federal government, supported primarily by federal excise taxes on diesel and gasoline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/6