Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - These required deposits were to gradually increase from 1  p ercent of General Fund revenues in 2006 ‑ 07 t o 3  p ercent in 2008 ‑09 and every year thereafter. Proposition  58 allowed these deposits to be suspended by an executive order issued by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - This share is higher in some counties, such as Mendocino (9  percent), San Luis Obispo (7  percent), El Dorado (6  percent), Sonoma (6  percent), and Santa Barbara (5  percent). Figure  3 reports our estimates of these fiscal effects by county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

^[PDF] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Until 2014, the BSA was governed by Proposition 58. Passed by voters in 2004, Proposition 58 required the state to make an annual transfer into the BSA. These required deposits were to gradually increase from 1 percent of General Fund revenues in 2006-07 to 3 percent in 2008-09 and every year thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3769/prepare-for-recession-030718.pdf

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - The current discrepancy over the size of the state ’s budget deficit —$18  billion under the Legislative Analyst ’s Office estimate versus $3  billion in the Governor ’s budget —fits squarely within that pattern.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

^[PDF] THE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF CALIFORNIA'S AIRCRAFT GROUND TIME EXEMPTION

For 1975-76 and each subsequent year, the reimbursement is the prior-year reimbursement increased by 6 percent. Tables 1 and 2 provide a breakdown distributed by county and by airline, respectively, of the 1972-73 base-year revenue losses com- puted by the Board of Equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1979/02_fiscal_impacts_of_californias_aircraft_ground_time_exemption.pdf

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 3)

The magni- tude of any increased costs, which would be incurred every ten years, would probably be less than $1 million. Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. 3 April 6, 2007 Summary. This measure would have the following fiscal impact: • Potentially increased redistricting costs every ten years—probably of less than $1 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070253.pdf

^[PDF] California's Tax Expenditure Programs: Income Taxes

Figure 3 Bank and Corporation Tax Rates General Corporation Rate Minimum Taxa 1929-34 2.00% $25 1935-42 4.00 25 1943-49 3.40 25 1950-58 4.00 25 1959-66 5.50 100 1967-71 7.00 100 1972 7.60 200 1973 8.30 200 1974-79 9.00 200 1980-81 9.60 200 1982-86 9.60 200 1987-88 9.30 300 1989 9.30 600 1990-96 9.30 800 1997 to present 8.84 800 a Beginning in 1998, new small corporations pay a minimum tax below this amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/tax_expenditure_299/tep_299_income_tax.pdf

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Figure 1 1998-99 Through 2007-08 (Dollars in Millions) Goal/Program Years in Total Ten-Year Fundinga 2007-08 Funding Administering Agency General Recruitment Alternative Certification Program 24 $249 $32 Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Special Funding for CSU Teacher Preparation 10 93 9 California State University (CSU) Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program 17 82 8
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/edu/teacher_recruitment/teacher_recruitment_030409.pdf