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

Mar 9, 2026 - March 9, 2026 Chas Alamo State Budget Is Heavily Reliant on Stock Market Earnings. California 's progressive income tax system is heavily reliant on stock market earnings because the state has concentrated its tax collections among high-income earners whose incomes are most tied to the stock market through capital gains, equity compensation, and investment returns.
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How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - March 9, 2026 Chas Alamo State Budget Is Heavily Reliant on Stock Market Earnings. California 's progressive income tax system is heavily reliant on stock market earnings because the state has concentrated its tax collections among high-income earners whose incomes are most tied to the stock market through capital gains, equity compensation, and investment returns.
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] CalWORKs Program Overview Hearing

CalWORKs Program Overview Hearing Moving Toward Self-Sufficiency: Allowable Activities LAO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE 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 March 9, 2005 3 " One-Parent Family: A family is eligible for the one-parent com- ponent of the program if it includes a child who is financially needy due to the death, incapacity, or continued absence
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2005/CalWORKs_program_030905.pdf

^[PDF] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Given these formulas, General Fund spending on schools and community colleges tends to increase when revenues are growing and decline when revenues Inflation Adjusted, in 2017-18 Dollars (In Billions) Annual Estimated Tax Revenue Losses by Recession Figure 3 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 2009-10 2014-15 Great Recession 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 6 decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3769/prepare-for-recession-030718.pdf

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

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

Brown Jr. 2 April 6, 2007 ure establishes a process for the Secretary of State to determine the members of the com- mission. The process would begin with 160,000 randomly selected voters from across the state and eventually reduce that number to 11 members (and 11 alternatives) through a combination of voter information forms, random selections, and legislative leadership input.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070253.pdf

^[PDF] Promoting Access to Higher Education: A Review of the State's Transfer Process

Figure 9 Summary of LAO Recommendations for Systemwide Course Requirements Streamline UC General Education Course Requirements Recommend UC develop general education requirements that would be consistent across all its campuses (as is currently the case with CSU).
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/CCC_transfer/CCC_transfer_011706.pdf

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unlike the CalHR-developed methodology used for the compensation study of Units 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, and 19, the Unit 6 compensation study uses a methodology that was agreed to at the bargaining table through a Joint Labor Management Committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [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/5058