The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [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/4543

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - Such funds are remitted to the state by counties that collect more property tax than state law allows them to spend on education. Other Budget Adjustments. The budget also includes various other adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

Home Prices Update: July 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 25, 2021 - The next figure shows the month to month change in home prices in the state and the nation. The state has seen more price growth than the nation in each of the last twelve months. In July, the state growth rate of 2.58 percent was below the previous month ’s rate for the first time since October, but still the second highest monthly growth rate in the history of the series.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/689

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - To inform the 2021 ‑22  budget decisions, DTSC provided the Legislature with an expenditure plan that stated the programs and activities the department intended to augment with the additional revenues from HWCA  and TSCA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2022 - This 2022-23 budget post provides background on federal COVID-19 business assistance programs and describes the Governor’s proposal to modify state tax laws as they relate to some of these grant programs. This post also provides some comments to the Legislature on the Governor’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4501

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - State law ordinarily requires districts to provide classroom-based instruction as a condition of receiving state funding. Districts must ensure this instruction meets certain daily and annual requirements for the amount of time students spend under the direct supervision of a credentialed teacher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

California Venture Capital Funding, 3rd Quarter 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 5, 2021 - As the graph below shows, the pandemic has not disrupted the flow of VC funding to state firms and may have caused many firms that provide services that cater specifically to remote work to become more attractive VC investments.   
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/711

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: Home- and Community-Based Services Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Nov 1, 2021 - This post summarizes the state’s 2021-22 spending package for Home- and Community-Based Services. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4469

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: Home- and Community-Based Services Spending Plan

Nov 1, 2021 - This post summarizes the state’s 2021-22 spending package for Home- and Community-Based Services. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4469

March 2020 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Apr 17, 2020 - Overall employment in the state as of the second week of March was still 0.9 percent above the level in March 2019, similar to the national figure of 1.0 percent. Just over two-thirds of the state ’s net losses in March came from the leisure and hospitality sector, which includes restaurants, hotels, and entertainment businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/455