Fiscal Outlook: Examining Property Tax Growth Rates [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2016 - Under the property assessment rules created by Proposition 13, property turnover is critical to growth in the property tax base. Under Proposition 13, property taxes are based on a property ’s purchase price.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/215

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Aug 8, 2019 - The administration released a compensation study for Unit 7 pursuant to Section 19826 in January 2019. The compensation study uses survey data from 2017 to compare state wages and total compensation with comparable employee compensation offered by local government, federal government, and (when possible) private sector employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4085

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

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

2017 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 11, 2017 - 2017 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook [EconTax Blog] 2017 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook May 11, 2017 Justin Garosi This is one of the LAO 's responses to the 2017-18 May Revision. Other LAO responses are here .
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/239

Proposition 13 Report: More Data on California Property Taxes [EconTax Blog]

Sep 22, 2016 - For context, note that state government 's General Fund and special fund budgets [which  are  funded from income, sales, and other taxes, but not property taxes] have fluctuated between about 7% and 8% of statewide personal income since passage of Proposition 13.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/209

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

2017 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 12, 2017 - In our revenue projections, overall taxable wages and salaries of California residents grow by 6 percent in 2017, 7 percent in 2018, and another 6 percent in 2019. Temporary Capital Gains Boost and Potential Stagnation Later.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/240

How Will Aging Baby Boomers Affect Future Property Tax Revenues? [EconTax Blog]

Jun 20, 2017 - June 20, 2017 Brian Uhler California 's homeowners are getting older. In recent years, this has contributed to declining property sales and depressed property tax growth. As California 's homeowners continue to age, however, these patterns are likely to reverse.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/247