California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/835

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/835

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Despite those tariffs, however, new car prices still were holding steady through May. Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/834

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Despite those tariffs, however, new car prices still were holding steady through May. Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/834

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter cities (and counties) are still subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, the California Constitution, and state laws regarding matters of statewide concern. Of California ’s 483 cities, about one-quarter are charter cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter cities (and counties) are still subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, the California Constitution, and state laws regarding matters of statewide concern. Of California ’s 483 cities, about one-quarter are charter cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As the administration is still negotiating with other bargaining units, however, whether the administration ’s assumed savings will be achieved fully is yet to be known. As such, the Legislature will want to keep collective bargaining developments in mind as it finalizes the 2025-26 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - This report is the first of a three-part series focused on trends in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The project is still in the early stages of the IT project approval process and no cost estimate exists. Issues for Legislative Consideration What Are the Resource Requirements for Public Health Laboratories?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - (Using force or fear in the process of stealing merchandise is still considered robbery, which is a felony, regardless of th e dollar amount involved. In addition, damaging property in the process of shoplifting is still considered vandalism, which is punishable as a felony if  the damaged property is valued at $400  or  more.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055