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

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] 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

^[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

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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 CTC
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/edu/teacher_recruitment/teacher_recruitment_030409.pdf

^[PDF] 2008-09 Overview of the Governor's Budget

The BSA is scheduled to receive $3 billion in 2008-09. Under the Constitution, however, the Governor is authorized to suspend the an- nual transfer. The administration plans to suspend the 2008-09 transfer—reducing 2008-09 expen- ditures by $1.5 billion by not making the supple- mentary bond payment. sPEcial sEssion— cuRREnt-YEaR savings Under Proposition 58, if
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/budget_overview/08-09_budget_ov.pdf