Environmental Sustainability Education in Schools (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Apr 20, 2021 - Teachers negotiate with their school district —through the collective bargaining process —on the amount of required time dedicated to professional development each year. If teachers attend professional development during the school day, the district generally must pay the cost of hiring a substitute teacher.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-002

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - (Some individuals —particularly children —receive only case management services from RCs, but either do not need additional services at the time or receive needed services outside of the RC system, such as through schools.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - In addition to early action funding, the Governor ’s January budget proposed funding in 2021 ‑22 for wildfire and forest resilience activities (for a total of $1  billion over the two years). In our recent publication The 2021‑22 Budget: Wildfire Resilience Package , we identified overarching issues for the Legislature to consider as it evaluates the Governor’s current- and budget-year proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414

Improving Parolee Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Medi-Cal

Apr 14, 2021 - In fact, the structured nature of residential SUDT could make it more challenging for the parolee to engage in other activities that are critical to success, such as seeing their family, going to school, or working.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4411

Tax Credit Expansions in the American Rescue Plan

Apr 13, 2021 - The ARP made two significant changes to the EITC for 2021: (1)  increased the credit amounts available to childless workers, and (2)  broadened the age range for eligible filers from 24 to 65 years old to 19 and over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4410

California New Business Creation: March 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2021 - The standard pattern within a year is for a surge of new business formation at the beginning, then gradual declines as the year goes on. This pattern was upended in 2020: the pandemic caused a big drop in the spring, followed by a surge as the economy began to recover.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/642

Building Permits Update: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2021 - February is typically the slowest month of the year for multifamily permits, but this year ’s total of 2,726 was weaker than usual. Only 750 units were permitted outside of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/641

Snapshot of the California Economy: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 6, 2021 - Over the last year, the state has experienced abrupt and dramatic swings in economic activity. While a variety of data is available to track developments in the state economy, drawing clear conclusions from these disparate data points can be difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/640

February 2021 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Apr 5, 2021 - The health, manufacturing, transport, and admin/other services sectors also added a fair number of jobs, although only transport is above its level of a year ago.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/639

Home Prices Update: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 5, 2021 - In the longer term, chronically high housing costs have hurt the state ’s business climate and been a key reason California loses residents to other states on net in most years. February 2021 data show continued rapid home price growth in both California and the rest of the country over the past year: the typical home in California has appreciated 10.9 percent since February 2020, somewhat above the national figure of 9.9 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/637