The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Instead, much of the bounce appears to be tied to special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock  compensation. Booming Stock Market Driving Income Growth. The recent run ‑up in the stock market, which appears tied to optimism surrounding artificial intelligence, is a primary driver of the rapid growth in pay to high ‑income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

California Labor Market Showing Broad Signs of Weakness [EconTax Blog]

Sep 30, 2025 - The long-term unemployed now make up about 30 percent of all unemployed workers, up from 20 percent in 2023.     Average Length of Unemployment Spell Now Five Weeks Longer Than in 2023.   The figure below shows the average weeks of unemployment duration for workers who are currently unemployed.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/839

California Labor Market Showing Broad Signs of Weakness [EconTax Blog]

Sep 30, 2025 - The long-term unemployed now make up about 30 percent of all unemployed workers, up from 20 percent in 2023.     Average Length of Unemployment Spell Now Five Weeks Longer Than in 2023.   The figure below shows the average weeks of unemployment duration for workers who are currently unemployed.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/839

The 2019-20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities

Feb 5, 2019 - The Governor also uses $4. 5  b illion to address budgetary borrowing, including to repay all outstanding special fund loans, undo two budgetary deferrals, and repay all outstanding settle up owed to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3925

Review of the Contract for an Automated Instant Ticket Gaming System

For example, in 1993 the CSL signed a $203 million contract wi th GTECH for the OLG system and 13,000 on-line terminals, plus amendments for up to $71.5 million more to extend maintenance agreements and provide additional equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/013196_ltr/ltr13196.html

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - Beginning in 2020 ‑21, this program will be supported by 5  p ercent of the annual revenue into the GGRF up to $ 130  m illion. Starting in 2023 ‑24, if GGRF revenues are not sufficient to generate $ 130  m illion for the program, the General Fund will be used to make up the difference.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - Units 1, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, and 20: Overtime Meal Allowances More Money to Purchase Meals. The agreements increase the amount of money that certain employees receive to purchase meals when working overtime by between $0.50 and $2.00 to an $8.00 meal allowance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

^[PDF] The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

(Income and sales data adjusted for inflation.) -15 -10 -5 5 10 15% Total Pay to Workers -30 -20 -10 10 20 30% Business Owner Income -15 -10 -5 5 10 15% Payroll Jobs -90 -60 -30 30 60 90% Unemployed Workers -21 -14 -7 7 14 21% Taxable Sales Figure 1 Most Economic Metrics Running Below Average L E
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4939/2025-26-Fiscal-Outlook-112024.pdf

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, the Antitrust Section received around $ 5  m illion more in support from the UCL in 2019 ‑ 20 t han in prior years, while primary support for the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit shifted from the PRLESF to the UCL in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - It offers a similarly sized bonus to dual credential holders to return to special education if they are not currently teaching special education. Certain districts within California offer one –time signing bonuses to all new hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355