The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter

Apr 25, 2017 - The Legislature could formally require the Secretary of State to report its f indings and recommend possible improvements to SB  450 following the state ’s experience with the new voting model. How Should The State Use the Remaining 2009 Settlement Funds?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - (This $1  million is equal to about $18  million today.) Voters approved the bond —Proposition  2 on the November 1928 ballot —with 73  percent voting yes. Amid the Depression, organizers used existing facilities, including the Memorial Coliseum, for 12 of 14  events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - This report discusses the landscape of elections administration in California today and the changes to that landscape in counties choosing to adopt the new elections model permitted. We then layout a framework for considering the roles and responsibilities in elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Although caseloads in many cash assistance programs tend to grow as overall economic conditions decline (for example, CalWORKs served approximately 70  percent more households during the Great Recession than it does today), none is designed to have a universal reach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - Today, an average California home costs 2.5 times the national average. California ’s average monthly rent is about 50  percent higher than the rest of the country. High housing costs drive California ’s official poverty rate from roughly 13  percent (slightly higher than average) to 19  percent (highest in the nation) under the Census Bureau ’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes into account food, clothing, utilities, and shelter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - For the 2000 Census, the state provided $28. 8  m illion to support the Complete Count Committee (in today ’s dollars). For the 2010 Census, the state provided $2. 3  m illion in today ’s dollars. (The Complete Count Committee also raised roughly $ 10  m illion in private funding to augment its efforts for the 2010 Census.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - Additionally, the current SNF is an institutional setting with very limited gathering spaces that can be used for dining or social activities —making it difficult to provide residents with the more home-like setting that is common in the newer veterans homes and preferred for long-term care services today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771