The 2023-24 Budget: May Revenue Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 13, 2023 - Instead, our ex ercise seeks to determine what current economic and revenue data can tell us about future revenues . That information currently is telling us to expect revenues to come in even weaker than the May Revision anticipates during the budget window.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/774

Revised Seismic Safety Commission funding proposal

May 23, 2012 - Beginning in 2001-02, the commission was funded through a charge on the gross receipts of insurers of com mercial and residential properties. This charge is set to expire on July 1, 2012. In January, the Governor ’s budget proposed deleting the sunset provision in existing law to make the charge on insurers permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/576

A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws

Under state l aw, a pupil who, without a valid excuse, is absent from school for three full days in one school year, or is tardy or absent for more than 30 minutes during the school day on three occasions in one school year, is considered truant.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/compulsory_ed/020304_Compulsory_Education_Laws.htm

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

^[PDF] The Office of Spill Prevention and Response: Funding and Responsibilities

Responding to a Spill in Marine Waters: ; The OSPR and the US Coast Guard set up a unified com- „ mand to monitor the spill, with the Coast Guard in command. Oil spill response organizations, under contract with the re- „ sponsible party, begin the cleanup.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2007/OSPR_111907.pdf

^[PDF] The Office of Spill Prevention and Response: Funding and Responsibilities

Responding to a Spill in Marine Waters: ; The OSPR and the US Coast Guard set up a unified com- „ mand to monitor the spill, with the Coast Guard in command. Oil spill response organizations, under contract with the re- „ sponsible party, begin the cleanup.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2007/OSPR_113007.pdf

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - The data do not tell us who received each donation. Some patients likely received more than one donation in 2024, so this total likely overstates the number of distinct patients. For example, if a patient received six donations in 2024, then the transaction total includes that person six times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - Based on this research, POST estimated that 3,500 serio us misconduct cases may rise to the level of decertification annually, with approximately 300 to 350 being contested and a hearing set with OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

Monthly Jobs Report (December) [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2022 - Monthly Jobs Report (December) [EconTax Blog] Chas Alamo What Does the Main Monthly Jobs Report Tell Us?   Payroll Employment Now Lower Than it Was a Year Ago.  According to the monthly business survey shown below, the state lost 1,700 jobs in December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/755