The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Instead, much of the bounce appears to be tied to special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock  compensation. Booming Stock Market Driving Income Growth. The recent run ‑up in the stock market, which appears tied to optimism surrounding artificial intelligence, is a primary driver of the rapid growth in pay to high ‑income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - Fiscal Effects Measure Would Bring in Between $5  Billion and $15  Billion Each Year. The amount of money brought in by this measure is hard to predict and will go up and down with the economy. This is because much of the revenue comes from taxing investment income and capital gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Trailer legislation provides greater flexibility regarding the signing of an independent study agreement. In 2021 ‑22, these agreements can be signed up to 30 days after the commencement of independent study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts. The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - It offers a similarly sized bonus to dual credential holders to return to special education if they are not currently teaching special education. Certain districts within California offer one –time signing bonuses to all new hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

(Income and sales data adjusted for inflation.) -15 -10 -5 5 10 15% Total Pay to Workers -30 -20 -10 10 20 30% Business Owner Income -15 -10 -5 5 10 15% Payroll Jobs -90 -60 -30 30 60 90% Unemployed Workers -21 -14 -7 7 14 21% Taxable Sales Figure 1 Most Economic Metrics Running Below Average L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4939/2025-26-Fiscal-Outlook-112024.pdf

Overview of the 1999-00 May Revision

Teacher Bonuses Proposal Lacks Important Details . The Governor proposes $100 million for two new programs involving teacher bonuses. According to the administration, about two thirds of the money would be for a program granting performance bonuses to teachers at so-called low-performing schools (roughly half the state's school sites).
https://lao.ca.gov/1999/0599_may_revision/1999-00_may_revision.html

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For example, the Los Angeles court offered an up to $50,000 signing bonus for a new full-time court reporter employee (with a specified amount payable after every six months) that remained employed for two years in Hon.
https://lao.ca.gov/letters/2024/Letter-Umberg-Court-Reporters-030524.pdf

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - After growing just 0.3 percent from December to January, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This multi-month slump could be a worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/853

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - After growing just 0.3 percent from December to January, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This multi-month slump could be a worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/853