The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Proposal for a New Office of Digital Innovation

Mar 22, 2019 - It is our understanding that departments might be required by ODI to (1)  assess their business processes and service delivery models and submit the assessments to ODI and (2)  send their executives, managers, and supervisors to mandatory training through ODI ’s Innovation Academy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Innovation Fund of $10 Million for ODI Projects in 2019-20. Of the $26.2 million total funds provided for ODI in 2019-20, the Legislature approved $10 million (General Fund) for an “innovation fund ” ODI can use for projects with state agencies and departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in its outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

2003 Initiative Analysis: The Gaming Revenue Act of 2004

Those tribes that enter a tribal-state compact may operate sl ot machines (up to 2,000 each) and engage in banked card games, such as twenty-one. Currently, 61 tribes have tribal-state gaming compacts and operate 50 casinos with 54,000 slot m achines.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031060.htm

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

The increase would depend mostly on how sports betting is regulated—such as the number of sports betting licenses approved, the type and number of betting options and events offered, and how much state enforcement is done.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Some amounts are published on different bases that do not align with the state fiscal year (July 1st to June 30th). For example, the refundable portion of the EITC is estimated on a tax year basis (which runs from January 1st to December 31st) and defense contracts on a federal fiscal year basis (October 1st to September 30th) .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1

1st Quarter 2021 Personal Income Report [EconTax Blog]

Jun 28, 2021 - 1st Quarter 2021 Personal Income Report [EconTax Blog] 1st Quarter 2021 Personal Income Report June 28, 2021 Brian Uhler Last week the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released state-level estimates of personal income for the first quarter of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/671

^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Increased State Regulatory Costs „ Increased state costs for state agencies (such as DOJ) to regulate in-person sports betting, possibly reaching the low tens of millions of dollars annually. These costs would depend mostly on how sports betting is regulated, such as what types of bets are not allowed. „ Some or all of these costs would be offset by CSWF revenues and tribal payments to the state that do not go into the CSWF.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - In anticipation of the new ODI, the spending plan shifts the funding source for $4.8 million and six positions at the current ODI from cost recovery to the General Fund, and provides $20 million one-time General Fund for deposit into a Data and Innovation Services Revolving Fund to support engagements and projects led by the new ODI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

California's New Minimum Wage: Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January [EconTax Blog]

Dec 6, 2016 - The figure below shows which Bay Area cities already have minimum wages that will be higher than $10.50 per hour on January 1st. (Additionally, San Diego ’s minimum wage—not pictured—will be $11.50 per hour.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/221