^[PDF] 1950 Budget Analysis: Division of Water Resources

We recommend a reduction of $500 in traveling expense, and $200 in operating expenses predicated upon the elimination of the position of one field representative. Equipment This is a $50 decrease under the $500 estimated to be expended in the 1949-50 Fiscal Year for equipment, and is in line with anticipated needs. .
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1950/26_aeronautics_1950.pdf

^[PDF] 1952 Budget Analysis: Department of Public Works

We further recommend eliminating $500 in overtime and $500 in temporary help. Since a large part of the activities of this commission are in the nature of planning and promotion rather than work load in the administration of regulatory laws, we believe that the necessity for overtime and tem- porary help can easily be controlled, and should be largely eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1952/27_aeronautics_1952.pdf

^[PDF] 1949 Budget Analysis: COLORADO RIVER BOARD

We recommend an increase of $500, predicated on the addition of one associate hydraulic engineer. BOARD OF HARBOR COMMISSIONERS FOR HUMBOLDT BAY For Support of the Board of Harbor Commissioners from the General Fund Item 256, page 58 of the Budget Bill, and page 693 of the Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1949/26_colorado_1949.pdf

^[PDF] 1947 Budget Analysis: PUC

It should be possible, however, for the com- mission to make rules and, if necessary, charges that will prevent an excessive number of minor complaints from arising. Salaries and Wages Table II, which follows, shows distribution of proposed ~xpenditures by object of expenditure, compared with estimated expenditures for 1946-47.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1947/36_puc_1947.pdf

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - As of early May, the PE ratio of the Standard and Poor ’s 500 index was 24.5. The typical PE ratio since 1990 is 21 (19 if the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s is excluded). Similar to the price-to-earnings ratio, the home price-to-rent ratio is used to gauge if home prices are in line with underlying demand for housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent). A city can opt to impose a documentary transfer tax of half that rate (that is, 27.5 cents per $500) when the property sale is within its boundaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent). A city can opt to impose a documentary transfer tax of half that rate (that is, 27.5 cents per $500) when the property sale is within its boundaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

^[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 of one or both
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2005/CalWORKs_program_030905.pdf

^[PDF] 1959 Budget Analysis: Emergency Fund

But it can be stated generally that the University is paying com- parable salaries with these five eminent universities. With the salary increases expected to be granted in the other insti- tutions, the requested amount for a 5 percent increase appears justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1959/26_emergency_1959.pdf

^[PDF] Our analysis of the department's proposal to convert the housing

Our analysis of the department's proposal to convert the housing com- plex at Baker into a prison indicates that the project is not viable, and if it were, the cost to operate the facilities would be excessive.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1982/09_corrections_1982.pdf