Home Prices Update: February 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 5, 2021 - In the longer term, chronically high housing costs have hurt the state ’s business climate and been a key reason California loses residents to other states on net in most years. February 2021 data show continued rapid home price growth in both California and the rest of the country over the past year: the typical home in California has appreciated 10.9 percent since February 2020, somewhat above the national figure of 9.9 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/637

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

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - The incentives reduced the cost of installing a residential solar unit by about 25  p ercent in the early years of the program and by about 5 p ercent to 10  p ercent in the final years. This design was intended to gradually reduce customer reliance on subsidies as the solar industry matured and market prices declined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

Home Sales Update: October 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2021 - The weekly counts from late July through October were very similar to the same weeks in 2020, but November ’s counts are noticeably lower than last year ’s.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/718

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - These estimates include only projects implemented in the last few years. Technology Advancement. This is based on our assessment of the degree to which each program could help promote zero ‑emission technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

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

Proposition 21 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Landlords cannot increase rent by more than 5  percent plus inflation in a year, or 10  percent, whichever is lower. This applies to most housing that is more than 15 years old. This law lasts until January 1, 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=21&year=2020

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: September 7 - September 11 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 11, 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/541

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