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Format: Letter to Senator de Leon Commenting on Information Regarding Proposed Farmers Field Football Stadium August 26, 2011 - This letter reviews a memorandum of understanding between Anschutz Entertainment Group and the City of Los Angeles regarding the financing of a football stadium and new convention hall, as well as two economic analyses of the proposed project.
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^[PDF] Farmers Field football stadium

The overall economic activity across the region would not necessarily increase, but instead shift to Los Angeles as described above with little net benefit to the region or state. Hon. Kevin de León 7 August 17, 2011 Competition Could Reduce Long-Term Success.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/letters/farmers_field_082611.pdf

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics [Publication Details]

Mar 23, 2017 - Correction 5/25/2017: Changed date for new L.A. football stadium's first Super Bowl to 2022, following a decision on this matter by NFL team owners. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3622

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

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - As shown in Figure  2, the Governor ’s budget proposes $7.3  billion in total funding for the CalWORKs program in 2022-23, a net increase of $108  million (1  percent) relative to the most recent estimate of current-year spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

LAO Publications

Correction 5/25/2017: Changed date for new L.A. football stadium's first Super Bowl to 2022, following a decision on this matter by NFL team owners. Format:
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=17&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

Correction 5/25/2017: Changed date for new L.A. football stadium's first Super Bowl to 2022, following a decision on this matter by NFL team owners. Format:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=17&year=0&publicationType=0

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] State Constitutional Officers

Fiscal Effect The measure’s provision to eliminate the California Citizens Compensation Com- mission would result in savings of $25,000. The measure also would reduce the total salary costs of all state-elected officials.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/010016_INT.pdf