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

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Tribes can ask for these compacts to be changed, such as when new types of gambling become legal in the state. „ California currently has compacts with 79 tribes. These compacts lay out what games can be offered by tribal casinos; how gambling will be regulated; and require certain payments, such as to the state and local governments. „ Currently, 66 tribal
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Tribes can ask for these compacts to be changed, such as when new types of gambling become legal in the state. „ California currently has compacts with 79 tribes. These compacts lay out what games can be offered by tribal casinos; how gambling will be regulated; and require certain payments, such as to the state and local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Assuming this measure appears on the November 2022 ballot and is approved b y voters, this authorization would begin January 1, 2023, with wagering becoming publicly available no later than the end of August 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

^[PDF] Online sports wagering.

Assuming this measure appears on the November 2022 ballot and is approved by voters, this authorization would begin January 1, 2023, with wagering becoming publicly available no later than the end of August 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210494.pdf

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - It also prohibits banking and percentage games played with cards, dice, or other devices for monetary benefit (such as roulette and craps). Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - It also prohibits banking and percentage games played with cards, dice, or other devices for monetary benefit (such as roulette and craps). Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - It also prohibits banking and percentage games played with cards, dice, or other devices for monetary benefit (such as roulette and craps). Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in its outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Key details of the bill and/or compacts that could significantly impact the magnitude of the fiscal effects include: the specific sports wagering activities which are authorized (such as whether both in-person and online sports wagering are permitted as well as the types of games that may be bet upon), the regulatory structure adopted, and the specific payments required.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031