Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots [EdBudget]

Jan 16, 2020 - For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data not yet publicly available for any year of the period. Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children. a Does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually).  
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/333

February 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2019 - Year-to-Date Shortfall Due to January Weakness. As we noted last month , PIT estimated payments in January fell below the projected amounts. This shortfall is what drives the year-to-date shortfall for the state’s major taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/351

Building Permits Update: April 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 2, 2020 - The multifamily housing permit total of 2,899 was not out of line with February and March, but it was more than a third below both the April 2019 figure and the April average over the past five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/475

The 2019-20 May Revision: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2019 - Significant Changes to the Governor ’s Proposition  56 Multiyear Spending Plan The May Revision proposes a variety of changes related to the use of Proposition  56 funding in Medi-Cal over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4046

Home Prices Update: June 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 20, 2020 - 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. June 2020 data suggest that home price growth has slowed in California but not nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/500

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - While the number of hospital inpatient bed days was roughly unchanged between 2020 and 2019 (on net), physician and nonphysician encounters were down by around 10  percent year over year. As Figure  5 shows, physician and nonphysician encounters have gradually, but not fully, returned to 2019 levels by the last quarter of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

November 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Dec 18, 2019 - Year-to-date, revenues are $398  million below projections. The majority of the November shortfall is attributable to the PIT. The PIT shortfall may largely be due to timing. The first withholding collection day after Thanksgiving, which is typically an above average collection day, fell in December instead of November.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/421

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - It is our understanding that the department intends to review and assess the budgeting methodology in future years. The administration, however, has not put forth language to codify the intent of the budget proposal or outline how the budgeting methodology will be used in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Feb 26, 2020 - Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget] 2,079 0.3% At CCC, 1 FTE student is 525 contact hours per year, which on average generates about 24 credits. For undergraduate education at CSU and UC, 1 FTE student is 30 credit units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/346

Home Prices Update: May 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 23, 2020 - 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. May 2020 data indicate that the typical home in both California and the nation at large has appreciated 4.3 percent since May 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/485