The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions [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/4854

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Feb 21, 2025 - Preliminary Total For First Half of 2024-25: $29 Million. For firearm and ammunition excise tax returns filed for the first two quarters of 2024-25, the total amount of tax due is $29 million . Preliminary revenues tend to differ modestly from actual revenues for various reasons, such as delays in filing or payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/823

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Feb 21, 2025 - Preliminary Total For First Half of 2024-25: $29 Million. For firearm and ammunition excise tax returns filed for the first two quarters of 2024-25, the total amount of tax due is $29 million . Preliminary revenues tend to differ modestly from actual revenues for various reasons, such as delays in filing or payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/823

Comparing Middle Class Scholarships at Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]

May 18, 2025 - Comparing Middle Class Scholarships at Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget] 77 Note: Data for 2024-25 and 2025-26 are estimates. a Though the budget plan included $527 million for the program, CSAC anticipated spending $519 million in 2025-26 under its October 2024 estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/973

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - The administration ’s economic forecast anticipates inflation will moderate significantly later this year. Consistent with this assumption, the administration estimates the statutory COLA rate for 2024 ‑25 is 3.54  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 13, 2024 - In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2023. Number of Patients Served. In 2023, licensees identified 43,574 transactions as medicinal donations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4912

Assessing The Recent Drop in Consumer Sentiment [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - Over the past two years, the state workforce has grown slowly, with close to no net new jobs in 2025 . Despite this, our current forecast projects strong revenue growth in the current year (2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/827

Assessing The Recent Drop in Consumer Sentiment [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - Over the past two years, the state workforce has grown slowly, with close to no net new jobs in 2025 . Despite this, our current forecast projects strong revenue growth in the current year (2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/827

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This increase largely reflects the impact of a full-year ’s SUN Bucks caseload in 2024-25 (compared to 2023-24 partial-year caseload) as the program implementation continues. CalFood funding decreased by $52  million General Fund (relative to 2023-24) due to the expiration of a one-time augmentation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule

Feb 27, 2023 - As a result, the net impact on 2024 ‑25 and later years would minimal. Changes to Constitutional Budget Requirements. The revenue shift described above would result in changes to the state ’s constitutional minimum funding requirement for schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4722