The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - In 1986, voters approved Proposition   58 —a legislative constitutional amendment —which excludes certain property transfers between parents and children from reassessment. A decade later, Proposition  193 extended this exclusion to transfers between grandparents and grandchildren if the grandchildren ’s parents are deceased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

^[PDF] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Under the second statute, the trigger would occur if (1) the “General Fund reserve” exceeds about 3 percent of revenues (currently, around $4 billion) and (2) actual General Fund revenues between May 1st and September 30th exceed the administration’s forecasted amounts. gutter analysis full L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 B U D G E T 8 Budget Stabilization Account Proposition 58 Governed BSA From 2004 to 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3769/prepare-for-recession-030718.pdf

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Budget Stabilization Account Proposition   58 Governed BSA From 2004 t o 2014. Until 2014, the BSA was governed by Proposition  58. Passed by voters in 2004, Proposition   58 r equired the state to make an annual transfer into the BSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

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 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

^[PDF] HMOs and Rural California

In those rural areas where these steps are not enough to attract HMOs, we identify ways com- munities can develop their own health care sys- tems based on the experience of one rural California county. ■ August 8, 2002 2 L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E A N L A O R E P O R T INTRODUCTION How and Why the LAO Conducted This Study Chapter 208,
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/hmos_rural_ca/8-02_hmos_rural_ca.pdf

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q2) [EconTax Blog]

Aug 18, 2025 - Preliminary Total for 2024-25: $58 Million. For firearm and ammunition excise tax returns filed for 2024-25, the total amount of tax due is $58 million —a bit lower than the budget package revenue assumption.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/836

^[PDF] Performance Budgeting Pilot Project

. ~ Proposed measures do not, for the most part, allow the Legislature to evaluate the DPR's progress from one year to the next with much consistency, because of the absence of baseline data or performance com- mitments which are good for only one year. ~ The administration's 1996-97 goal to have the DPR's entire program expressed in terms of budgeted funds and results is
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/performance_budgeting_pilot_project_(s)_subcommittee_2.pdf

^[PDF] The Office of Spill Prevention and Response: Funding and Responsibilities

Responding to a Spill in Marine Waters: ; The OSPR and the US Coast Guard set up a unified com- „ mand to monitor the spill, with the Coast Guard in command. Oil spill response organizations, under contract with the re- „ sponsible party, begin the cleanup.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2007/OSPR_111907.pdf