An Extraordinary Moment in California's Fiscal History

Apr 11, 2019 - In another example, the Governor proposes expanding the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) program. The administration would pay for CalEITC with the additional revenue that would result from conforming the state tax code to various federal tax code provisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4003

The Property Tax Postponement Program [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2019 - The Property Tax Postponement Program [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/3967

The 2019-20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities

Feb 5, 2019 - Revenues from taxes and fees are the major sources of available resources. The three largest sources of state revenues are the personal income tax (PIT), sales tax, and corporation tax. While some revenue sources, like the sales tax, grow relatively steadily from one year to the next, the PIT is quite volatile —in most years growing by billions of dollars and in some years shrinking by billions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3925

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Shifts Some County IHSS Costs to General Fund, Potentially Addressing Some State ‑County Cost ‑Sharing Issues. The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - For further discussion of the MCO tax, please reference the “Medi-Cal ” Fiscal Outlook online post. Administration Scheduled to Release Report of 1991 Realignment and IHSS County Costs. In 2017 ‑18, a new IHSS county maintenance ‑of ‑effort (MOE) —referred to as the 2017 IHSS MOE —was established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

The 2019-20 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - With respect to these formulas, we assume: Sales Tax Reductions Are Not Triggered. California has two statutes that trigger reductions in the state ’s sales tax rate if balances in discretionary reserves reach a certain threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3896

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Expiration of Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Current MCO Tax. Since 2016-17, the state has imposed a per-member tax on Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal MCOs. Revenues from the MCO tax, which leverages federal funding for Medi-Cal, provide a substantial General Fund offset in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

Evolution of the Balance of the Budget Stabilization Account

Nov 14, 2018 - Under Proposition  2, the state must make deposits into the BSA until its balance reaches a threshold of 10  percent of General Fund taxes. Each year that General Fund tax revenues grow, this 10  percent threshold also grows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3900

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - Over the past several years, school district attendance has decreased in many parts of the state, including the Bay Area and portions of northern California, with more pronounced declines in Los Angeles County and Orange County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Indirect Cost Recovery Rate Limit for Self ‑Help Counties. When Caltrans performs work for a local government, it charges the local government for associated indirect costs, such as for accounting. The budget package includes trailer bill language to limit Caltrans to charging no more than 10  p ercent for administrative indirect cost recovery to self ‑help
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/10