LAO Publications

Format: Public Employee Pensions: An Interview With LAO's Jason Sisney August 8, 2011 - LAO State Finance Director Jason Sisney appears on the news interview program The Maddy Report, where he is questioned about public employee pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=4&year=0&publicationType=0&type=Other

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - To score well on this assessment, the average of the differences across years should be small. It  is also important that these differences be symmetric: a new measure should minimize the extent to which changes are consistently higher or lower than the current CNI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

^[PDF] Update: Racial and Ethnic Disproportionalities and Disparities in California’s Child Welfare System

Specifically, this research examined total public benefits spending in all 50 states in 2010-2017, and found an increase of $1,000 in public assistance spending per person living in poverty was associated with more than a 4 percent reduction in child maltreatment allegations, 2 percent reduction in foster care placements, and nearly 8 percent reduction in child fatalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2024/Child-Welfare-Disparities-040324.pdf

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - This index is designed to reflect the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country. The largest c omponent of the index is employee wages and salaries. Other components include fuel, utilities, office supplies, and equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

Preliminary information on August income tax collections

Sep 2, 2011 - Further Detail Despite today ’s   weak national employment report for the month of August, preliminary reports from California's tax agencies on personal and corporate income tax receipts for the month tell a “good news/bad news” story. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/457

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - Such a score indicates high levels of cumulative environmental and health impacts, and identifies these areas as “disadvantaged communities ” eligible for prioritized funding from certain state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

^[PDF] Farmers Field football stadium

The AEG would pay a portion of the construction cost ($80 million) for the LACC replacement hall with Mello- Roos bonds secured by special taxes on two existing AEG properties (LA Live and STAPLES Center).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/letters/farmers_field_082611.pdf

^[PDF] A Look at the Progress of English Learner Students

Using this data, we provide some preliminary conclusions of whether these results are good news or bad news for California and its education system. The report does not explain the causes of these results—that is, why certain groups of students demonstrate greater gains than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/english_learners/021204_english_learners.pdf

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - In addition, the Legislature could direct CDE to profile districts making particularly good progress, including information about their improvement strategies. Knowing which districts are performing well and what they are doing to attain better outcomes could help other districts improve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

Improving California’s Prison Inmate Classification System

May 2, 2019 - If these inmates were at a higher custody designation they would instead be earning one day off their sentence for every day served with good behavior. Custody Designation Determined by Various Criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4023