What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? [Publication Details]

May 13, 2021 - What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? [Publication Details] What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? Format: HTML Description: For the second consecutive year, the state is experiencing extremely low rates of precipitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4429

Overview of State Funding and Audit of CDAA [Publication Details]

May 13, 2021 - Overview of State Funding and Audit of CDAA [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4424

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - There likely are local governments that are facing financial pressure that could benefit from receiving additional state assistance —a portion of the state ’s ARP funds or other sources —in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Building Permits Update: March 2021 [EconTax Blog]

May 11, 2021 - Single family activity has rebounded strongly since last spring ’s pandemic-driven slump, as prices have risen sharply in most of the state ’s metropolitan areas. This was the ninth straight month in which the total exceeded the recent average for the month.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/652

Snapshot of the California Economy: March 2021 [EconTax Blog]

May 11, 2021 - Over the last year, the state has experienced abrupt and dramatic swings in economic activity. While a variety of data is available to track developments in the state economy, drawing clear conclusions from these disparate data points can be difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/651

California New Business Creation: April 2021 [EconTax Blog]

May 7, 2021 - California New Business Creation: April 2021 [EconTax Blog] California New Business Creation: April 2021 May 7, 2021 Brian Uhler The extent of new business creation in California can be a useful gauge of the health of the state ’s economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/649

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - The remaining 14  million state residents generally obtain health care coverage from insurers (usually PPOs) overseen by the state Department of Insurance (6  million state residents), Medicare fee-for-service (around 3.5  million state residents), Medi-Cal fee-for-service (over 1  million state residents), or are uninsured (between 2  million and 3  million state residents).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - Opting in would bring new state (as well as federal) costs of an unknown amount. However, a portion of any new state costs likely would be offset by state savings from the federal government beginning to share in the cost of the extended postpartum coverage that the state currently offers to women with mental health conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions [Publication Details]

May 6, 2021 - This post highlights the health-related provisions of the ARP Act that provide significant funding directly to state/local health care and public health agencies, rural hospitals, home- and community-based services programs, subsidized individual market health coverage programs, and public behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4425

Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status

May 5, 2021 - We did not take into account the fiscal impact of any change in other state and local health care programs that might occur due to this coverage expansion. For example, our caseload estimate generally assumes no major changes in the overall size of the state ’s undocumented population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4423