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

October Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Nov 17, 2022 - The October variance instead arises from a timing issue related to the newly created   elective pass-through entity (PTE) tax . The administration anticipated a large amount of income tax refunds ($9.7 billion) would be paid in October, related to delayed claiming of credits for elective PTE payments for tax year 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/761

^[PDF] State Constitutional Officers

Instead, future increases in salaries would not become effective until en- acted in statute by the Legislature and approved by the voters in the next regular elec- Hon. Bill Lockyer 2 February 14, 2001 tion.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/010016_INT.pdf

^[PDF] Voters FIRST Act for Congress 2021

The com- mission also is to consider the geographic integrity of cities, counties, neighborhoods, and communities of interest. As under Proposition 11, compliance with the federal Vot- ing Rights Act would be required.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100102.pdf

^[PDF] Citizens Fair Districts Act

Citizens Fair Districts Act Preprinted Logo will go here December 20, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Krystal Paris Initiative Coordinator Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070854.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 2)

The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 2) Preprinted Logo will go here April 4, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Patricia Galvan Initiative Coordinator Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070245.pdf

^[PDF] The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 1)

The Citizens Fair Districts Act (version 1) Preprinted Logo will go here April 3, 2007 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms. Patricia Galvan Initiative Coordinator Dear Attorney General Brown: Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed constitu- tional measure related to redistricting (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070250.pdf