Income Tax Witholding Tracker: August 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 1, 2022 - To make an apples-to-apples comparison for August, we compare the same five-week period covering August across the two years. Using this method, each year contains the same weeks of the year and the same number of "collection days ".)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/752

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Apr 13, 2023 - Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget] a Includes absorbing costs for two positions currently funded by the Law Library Special Fund. b Action taken to ensure that the correct fund source is paying for central services. c Reflects carryover from various appropriations originally made in 2021-22 (specifically, for the California Civil Liberties Public Education Act,
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/713

Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Existing law requires CARB to develop a Scoping Plan —intended to identify the state ’s strategy for achieving its GHG emissions targets —and update it every five years. Cap-and-Trade Program Is a Key State Policy for Achieving GHG Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Jun 29, 2023 - The measure eliminates existing penalties under state law for people 21 years of age and over who engage in psilocybin-related activities including, possession, distribution, trans portation, and sale of psilocybin.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-004

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - And while recent storms may have helped recharge some shallow groundwater basins, years of overdraft in deeper basins mean it could take months or years to recharge groundwater in some areas. State Passed Major Legislation to Regulate Groundwater in 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

Annual Tuition and Fees by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jul 20, 2023 - Tuition and fee charges for continuing students remains at the levels set in the year the student first enrolled at UC. c The Board of Regents increased professional degree supplemental tuition for 56 programs across the UC system, with increases ranging from 2 to 5 percent over 2022-23 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/746

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - This amounts to  3.3 percent growth above the prior year level.     Winter Uptick in PIT Withholding Growth Has Moderated.   The figure below shows the latest monthly trends for income tax withholding.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/756

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - This amounts to  3.3 percent growth above the prior year level.     Winter Uptick in PIT Withholding Growth Has Moderated.   The figure below shows the latest monthly trends for income tax withholding.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/756

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to slowly decline at an average rate of 1.5  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - To the degree local property tax revenues drop, this also could affect the state budget in some years because the California Constitution could require that losses in certain local property tax revenues used to support local schools be backfilled by the state ’s General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261