Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Oct 28, 2021 - This can include decisions about where the child lives and goes to school, as well as decisions about certain activities, such as those related t o religion or travel. If two people (such as the child ’s parents) have joint legal custody, then both are able to make the above decisions either separately or together.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-019

California New Business Creation: June 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 12, 2021 - The standard pattern within a year is for a surge of new business formation at the beginning, then gradual declines as the year goes on. This pattern was upended in 2020: the pandemic caused a big drop in the spring, followed by a surge as the economy began to recover.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/676

Building Permits Update: July 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 7, 2021 - Total permits in 2021 year to date are 28 percent above the same months in 2020. July ’s total of 5,377 single family permits again exceeded the recent average for the month, although the last three months have been closer to the recent monthly average than the year ’s first four months were.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/693

Home Prices Update: August 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 23, 2021 - In the longer term, chronically high housing costs have hurt the state ’s business climate and been a key reason California loses residents to other states on net in most years. August 2021 data again show rapid growth in home prices in both California and the rest of the country over the past year: the typical home in California has appreciated 21.9 percent since August 2020, well above the national figure of 17.7 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/700

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The initiative also includes an additional $475  million in 2022 ‑23 and $146  million in 2023 ‑24, for a total of $1.1  billion over a three-year period. The total amount consists of the following: (1) $418  million over three years to augment Caltrans litter abatement efforts; (2) $287  million over two years for state beautification projects
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget provides a total of $1.2  billion over two years ($600  million in 2022 ‑23 and $600  million in 2023 ‑24) for a new goods movement infrastructure program to be administered by CalSTA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 13, 2019 - Increase DHCS Staffing to Improve Fiscal Estimates and Cash Monitoring To address concerns about DHCS ’s ability to estimate Medi ‑Cal spending and monitor cash flow, the Governor proposes to provide 25 p ermanent positions and $3. 8  m illion total funds ($1. 8  m illion General Fund) in 2019 ‑20 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - Similarly, in the California Forest Carbon Plan , the state established a goal of conducting forest restoration and fuels treatment activities on 35,000 acres of forest lands per year by 2020, increasing to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

California New Business Creation: May 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 10, 2021 - The year over year growth rate in May was much lower than in April, which largely reflects the easing of some pandemic restrictions in May 2020. As the previous graph shows, business formation in May 2021 was little changed from April 2021.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/664

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Many university campuses also consider where students attended high school and where they live when making admissions decisions. The universities view these policies and programs as ways to increase diversity without violating Proposition  209.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020