California New Business Creation: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - California New Business Creation: January 2021 [EconTax Blog] California New Business Creation: January 2021 February 4, 2021 Justin Garosi 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/621

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: April 5-April 11 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 16, 2020 - Level of Claims in California in the Middle of the Pack Among Large States. Over the last three weeks California has processed about 2.8 million unemployment claims. These claims represent about 16 percent of the state ’s workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/452

Building Permits Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - Single family activity has rebounded strongly since the pandemic-driven spring slump, as prices have been rising in most of the state ’s metropolitan areas. Multifamily permit activity broke out in December, as total of 6,394 was more than half again as large as the next biggest month in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/618

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: March 29-April 4 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 9, 2020 - Level of Claims in California in the Middle of the Pack Among Large States. Over the last three weeks California has processed about 2.2 million unemployment claims. These claims represent about 12.5 percent of the state ’s workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/449

California State University Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Oct 13, 2020 - California State University Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget] 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/Education/EdBudget/Details/395

Comparing Taxes on Cannabis to Taxes on Other Products in California

Dec 17, 2019 - Cannabis Subject to Various State and Local Excise Taxes. As shown in Figure  1, California ’s state and local governments levy a variety of excise taxes on cannabis, including: State Cultivation Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4123

Stem cell research. [Ballot]

Dec 2, 2019 - The state ’s share of the income is deposited into the state General Fund (the state ’s main operating account), which is available to support any state program. Over the years, CIRM ’s governing board has developed specific revenue-sharing policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-022

Proposed statutory initiative related to consumer privacy. [Ballot]

Dec 2, 2019 - Under the measure, each fiscal year after offsetting the state court and DOJ costs, 91  percent of remaining funds would be invested by the State Treasurer with any interest or earnings transferred to the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-021

Exploring Recent Trends in California Births [EconTax Blog]

Aug 30, 2021 - For example, changes in the flow of adults into or out of California could have affected the total number of births in the state. Factors Entirely Unrelated to COVID-19? Suppose, for example, that birth declines over the last half-decade are due to gradual changes in various social and economic determinants of fertility.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/691

April 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

May 22, 2020 - April 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein Total collections from the state ’s “big three ” taxes (personal income tax, corporation tax, and sales tax) were down two-thirds from April 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/469