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] San Diego County Regional Airport Authority: Assessing Governmental Accountability

Throughout the United States, sheriffs typically do not ap- point members to the airport governance board. In general, this is because the sheriff’s responsibilities do not overlap signifi cantly with the responsibilities of an airport authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2006/SD_Airport_Authority_111706.pdf

^[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] The focus of this report is on this appraisal

The focus of this report is on this appraisal process. 6 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 Appraisals Play a Key Role in Resources Land Acquisitions Current Law Requirements for Appraisals.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/res_appraisals/res_appraisals_101807.pdf

^[PDF] Reforming Davis-Dolwig: Funding Recreation in the State Water Project

The administration’s proposal does not address most of the problems with the ongo‑ ing implementation of Davis‑Dolwig by DWR that we have identified, and in our view, com‑ pounds some of the problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/rsrc/Reforming_Davis-Dolwig/Davis-Dolwig_030909.pdf

^[PDF] The Citizen Legislature Act (version C)

Among the factors the com- mission must consider when adjusting the salary and certain benefits of legislators is the amount of time that they require to perform official duties, functions, and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090577.pdf

^[PDF] "Let the Voters Decide II Act of 2000”

Currently, the California Citizens Com- pensation Commission establishes salaries and benefits for Members of the Legislature and other state-elected officials, such as the Governor, the Attorney General, and the members of the State Board of Equalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990438_INT.pdf

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The state and Unit 6 agreed to this prefunding arrangement in 2016 with the fund expected to be fully funded for Unit 6 by 2048. Today, the state and employees represented by Unit 6 each contribute 4 percent of pay to prefund the benefit for Unit 6 members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058