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

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Figure 3 Sample Comparison of State Data Center and Private Vendor Rates Service a Storage (per GB, per month) $0.26 b Windows Virtual Private Server (per month) c 514.24 Linux Virtual Private Server (per month) c 540.40 181.44 a Features, levels of service, and other service options not available for comparison. b Lowest end of the range, but can be as high as $1.38 per GB per month. c Rates based on comparable virtual private server configurations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

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

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

These quarterly briefings likely will cover a wide range of topics from changes in Figure 3 Sample Comparison of State Data Center and Private Vendor Rates Servicea CDT Amazon Microsoft Google IBM Storage (per GB, per month) $0.26b $0.03 $0.02 $0.02 $0.02 Windows Virtual Private Server (per month)c 514.24 181.58 154.08 248.40 253.44 Linux Virtual Private Server (per month)c
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4552/CDT-022222.pdf

2001 Budget Analysis: School Accountability

The Academic Performance Index (API) is the cornerstone of the PSAA. Its purpose is to measure a school's academic performance and the growth in performance over time. Recently, the second annual set of API scores was released, allowing the first API growth scores to be calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_10_sch_acct_anl01.htm

^[PDF] Next Steps for Improving State Accountability for Alternative Schools

The state sets annual API “growth targets” for schools scoring below 800, produces a statewide API ranking of all schools, and develops a “similar schools” API ranking to compare demographically alike schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/edu/alt-ed/improving-accountability-051615.pdf

2001 Budget Analysis: K-12 Databases

The API Student-Level Database May Have Great Potential We withhold recommendation on the $5 million Academic Performance Index (API) database proposal because of the significant number of unanswered questions about how the API database will operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_12_Databases_anl01.htm

^[PDF] Improving High Schools: A Strategic Approach

This limited success also suggests that there are few other incentives com- pelling secondary and postsecondary vocational education to coordinate. An evaluation of the Tech-Prep program published in 2004 supports this conclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/2005/high_schools/improving_hs_050905.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 2002 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

The OSE Contracts for API Data Collection Study. The 2000-01 Bud- get Act provided $500,00 for the OSE to conduct a study to determine how data on graduation rates, student and teacher attendance rates, and other potential academic indicators should be collected by the state to support the API.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_anl02.pdf