The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - The display adjustments include partial changes in 2020 ‑21 and full ‑year changes in 2021 ‑22. This resulted in what appears to be a year ‑over ‑year change for county funds of more than $1.5 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - This amount was five times greater than the peak seen during the Great Recession and 15 to 25 times greater than typical workload at EDD. Figure  1 shows a timeline of this and other key events related to UI during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

California New Business Creation: April 2021 [EconTax Blog]

May 7, 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/649

The 2022-23 Budget: Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2022 - This 2022-23 budget post provides background on temporary limits on the use of net operating loss deductions and business tax credits. It describes the Governor’s proposal to lift these limits one year early and provides some comments to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4500

Proposition 18 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Proposal Allows Some 17 Year Old Citizens to Vote. The measure would allow eligible 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by the November date of the next general election to vote. This means that these 17-year-olds could vote in any special election or primary election that occurs before the next general election.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=18&year=2020

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - Based on research conducted at DSH ‑Patton, the department estimates that roughly 25  p ercent of patients admitted would need an in ‑depth neuropsychological evaluation after receiving an initial screening from their unit psychologist.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - Under those two revenue scenarios, we estimated that total revenue would exceed the Governor’s budget assumptions by $600 million (low scenario) to $2.8 billion (base scenario) over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

2021-22 “Big Three” Revenue Outlook Update: January 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 21, 2022 - As reflected by the width of this range, with half of the fiscal year ahead of us there remains significant uncertainty about how much the state ultimately will collect. We also caution that the implications of unanticipated revenues for the state 's budget are not straightforward.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/722

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - In other words, infants had higher substantiation rates than elementary school aged youth, who had higher substantiation rates than middle school aged youth, who in turn had higher rates than high school aged youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 4, 2021 - This post provides background on special education preschool and school Medi-Cal billing, describes the Governor's proposals related to these topics, details our assessments of the proposals, and offers associated recommendations for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4345