The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Disposal of Developmental Center (DC) Properties. The budget includes $23.3  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to support the disposal of two DC properties. First, for the Sonoma DC —whose final residents moved out in 2018 —the budget includes $21.1  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 (and a total of $43.7  million over three
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - When the long ‑form questionnaire was replaced with the ACS in 2010, a question about citizenship status was included on the ACS instead. As such, a citizenship question was not included in the 2010 decennial Census.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - We used ACS data to determine the share of residents of each zip code who are white, Black, Asian, or Hispanic/Latino. We define a zip code as “higher representation ” of a specific race or ethnicity if the zip code is above the 90th percentile among all other zip codes in terms of its percentage of that race or ethnicity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706