The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Expand Business Quick Start Guides. For many years, GO ‑Biz has been producing pamphlets with information to help entrepreneurs set up different kinds of businesses. The proposal would provide $600,000, one time in 2022 ‑23, and $200,000 ongoing to translate the existing guides into languages other than English, expand the number of guides, and to maintain the guides over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook

May 12, 2018 - As wages and salaries make up about two-thirds of income (as seen in the tax guide on page 6 ), this growth is a key driver of our outlook for the PIT. Capital Gains Spike in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Preliminary Franchise Tax Board data show that net capital gains in 2016 totaled $110 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3830

Understanding Proposition 218 [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 1996 - The purpose of this guide is to help the Legislature, local officials, and other parties understand Proposition 218, including the actions local governments must take to implement it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/658

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - While the administration could use specific criteria or categories to guide its determinations (for example, “exclude benefit increases from the workload budget ”), it would still need to make individual assessments about every legislative change to determine whether it fits those criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2020-21 May Revision: Revenue Proposals in the 2020-21 May Revision

May 20, 2020 - The estimates provided by standard vehicle guides depend crucially on information that DMV does not collect, such as the condition of the vehicle. Even if DMV collected more detailed information about vehicles, many legitimate sale prices still likely would fall below the 80  percent threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4238

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Below, we describe the major policies that guide these two budget reserves. Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties SFEU Is the State ’s Discretionary Reserve. The 1980 ‑81 Budget Act established within the General Fund the Reserve for Economic Uncertainties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - Specifically, Section 8(a) of the measure references state subventions “for the use and operation of local government, ” suggesting that the degree of local control over the use of funds could guide whether they should be considered state subventions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - If this experience is a guide, the Legislature might want to think carefully about the timing of any changes to the state ’s cannabis tax structure and rates. On one hand, the sooner the Legislature changes the state ’s cannabis taxes, the sooner the state will realize any benefits associated with those changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - These findings could guide changes that improve EDD policies and practices. State Auditor Reviews Procedural Rules That Lead to Denials. To learn more about procedural denials, the state will need to learn more about the circumstances that lead to procedural denials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615