Evaluating Tax Policy Changes in the Governor's Budget [EconTax Blog]

Feb 22, 2024 - Evaluating Tax Policy Changes in the Governor's Budget [EconTax Blog] Ross Brown The Governor ’s budget includes a number of proposed tax policy changes. This post provides our assessment of those proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/797

Evaluating Tax Policy Changes in the Governor's Budget [EconTax Blog]

Feb 22, 2024 - Evaluating Tax Policy Changes in the Governor's Budget [EconTax Blog] Ross Brown The Governor ’s budget includes a number of proposed tax policy changes. This post provides our assessment of those proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/797

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - The majority of CDPH ’s budget goes to LHJs —mostly county health departments that carry out many of the state ’s public health programs. In addition to receiving support from the CDPH budget, LHJs also receive funding from 1991 health realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Many California cities —and the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and San Mateo County —set minimum wages that exceed the $16-per-hour statewide minimum. We list some of these policies in Figure  1 below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

U.S. Retail Sales Update: February 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 14, 2024 - U.S. retail sales have dropped 0.4 percent over the last 3 months and grown 1.5 percent over the last 12 months. The 12-month growth rate was below the rate of inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/802

U.S. Retail Sales Update: February 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 14, 2024 - U.S. retail sales have dropped 0.4 percent over the last 3 months and grown 1.5 percent over the last 12 months. The 12-month growth rate was below the rate of inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/802

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - The Bridge program is jointly administered by DSS and county welfare departments. County participation in the Bridge program is voluntary. Currently, 48 counties are participating in the Bridge program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Beginning in 2012-13, however, the historical county share-of-cost model was replaced with an IHSS county maintenance-of-effort (MOE), meaning county costs reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS costs as opposed to a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalFresh Administration Is Funded by the State, Counties, and Federal Government. CalFresh is overseen at the state level by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and administered locally by county human services departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Since charter schools can enroll students from within their authorizer ’s county and adjacent counties, a charter network can serve large portions of the state by having schools authorized in several key counties across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870