The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Before inheritance, about 70  percent of homes claimed the homeowner ’s exemption, compared to about 40  percent after inheritance. This suggests that many of these homes are being converted from primary residences to other uses.
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 - Revenues regained their nominal levels in 55 months after the dot-com bubble, 53 months following the global financial crisis, and 40 months after the 2022 rate hike drawdown. Multi-year revenue declines amplify the strain on the state budget during major market downturns.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - Revenues regained their nominal levels in 55 months after the dot-com bubble, 53 months following the global financial crisis, and 40 months after the 2022 rate hike drawdown. Multi-year revenue declines amplify the strain on the state budget during major market downturns.  
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] Budget Reserve Proposals

Proposition 58 could be amended to allow the Governor to alter his initial determination on or before July 1 to ensure the rainy-day reserve deposit plan is consistent with the enacted budget plan. An Alternative: Amendments to Proposition 58 (Continued) Existing Rainy-Day Reserve Process (Proposition 58) a Once balance of rainy-day reserve
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2014/Budget-Reserve-Proposals-022714.pdf

Whether or Not to Tap Reserves to Solve Estimated Budget Problem Emerges as Key Fiscal Decision Facing California’s Legislature

Apr 19, 2023 - Whereas for the first two decades of this century expenditures averaged 5.9 percent of total personal income, they climbed to a four-decade high of 8 percent in 2022-23. Neither recent revenue trends nor the elevated spending level they supported were expected to represent a new normal, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4762

Evolution of the Balance of the Budget Stabilization Account

Nov 14, 2018 - Sometime After 2022 ‑23 assuming neither the optional deposit nor the deposit made under the rules of Proposition  58 count. The Legislature ’s policy appears to be that both the optional deposit and Proposition  58 deposit should count toward the 10  percent threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3900

^[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