Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 5 - October 9 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 9, 2020 - The final graph shows the year over year changes in cumulative withholding for California in 2020, the United States in 2020 (from the federal income tax), and California in 2009 at the trough of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/561

Building Permits Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 3, 2020 - California records nearly 10,000 housing permits in September, the highest monthly total to date this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/574

Home Sales Update: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 5, 2021 - Strong sales growth continued through the middle of March, although the spread between this year and last year has narrowed lately.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/638

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 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/2021-001

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - CDCR expects the proposed mentor program to improve literacy levels by increasing access to literacy education, leading to higher TABE scores and high school diplomas/equivalencies. Under the proposed program, each instructor would train 20 i nmate literacy mentors beginning in July 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 12 - October 16 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 16, 2020 - The final graph shows the year over year changes in cumulative withholding for California in 2020, the United States in 2020 (from the federal income tax), and California in 2009 at the trough of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/565

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2020 - The administration ’s current estimates include large upward revisions for fiscal year 2019-20 —especially the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (April through June). In particular, the administration revised its estimate from $477 million to $522 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/583

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: November 16 - November 20 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 20, 2020 - The final graph shows the year over year changes in cumulative withholding for California in 2020, the United States in 2020 (from the federal income tax), and California in 2009 at the trough of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/584

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Oct 21, 2020 - The budget also provides $112 million in federal funds for this purpose. d Authorized by Chapter 3 of 2020 (SB 117, Committee on Budget) but scored toward the 2018-19 fiscal year. e Reflects budgetary savings (-) or costs (+) associated with changes in the amount of funding deferred to the following fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/448

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions [Publication Details]

Oct 12, 2020 - The 2020-21 budget package includes actions related to the state’s two largest pension systems—CalPERS and CalSTRS—that result in immediate savings for the state and school employers, while forgoing significant longer-term savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4279