Improving California’s Response to the Environmental and Safety Hazards Caused by Abandoned Mines

Aug 4, 2020 - Historically, these funds have been insufficient to address all known federal and state orphan sites. For that reason, DTSC prioritizes funding the state share of costs associated with federal NPL sites with remaining funds prioritized to the worst state orphan sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258

Overview of Employment Development Department Response to COVID-19 [Publication Details]

Jul 30, 2020 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration Hon. Jim Cooper, Chair
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4259

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Nov 9, 2021 - Examines Medi-Cal enrollment of Department of Developmental Services (DDS) consumers and the fiscal effect that additional Medi-Cal enrollment would have on the DDS budget and on state costs overall. Correction 11/19/21: Corrected average annual per person fee-for-service cost in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4471

Snapshot of the California Economy: August 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2020 - Overall, the pace of the recovery in the state ’s economy appeared to slow a bit.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/557

December 2019 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Jan 27, 2020 - Overall employment in the state has grown 1.8 percent over the past 12 months, somewhat ahead of the national pace of 1.4 percent. The health care/social services sector accounts for about one in every even California payroll jobs, but it added more than a quarter of the state ’s estimated net new jobs over the course of 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/431

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Transfers Funds From State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to Long-Term Ombudsman Program. Current law includes language that allows for the transfer of up to $1  million from the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program if the balance of the account exceeds $6  million, as determined in the Governor ’s May Revision each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Labor and Employment Issues

Oct 5, 2020 - The state ’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) oversees these entities and works to set policy and coordinate programs. Major Labor and Employment Issues One-Time Transfer of Labor Law Penalties to General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4274

Building Permits Update: June 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 5, 2021 - Single family activity has rebounded since last spring ’s pandemic-driven slump, as prices have risen sharply in most of the state ’s metropolitan areas. The Inland Empire, Sacramento, and Los Angeles areas had the most permits in that order, which is the typical pattern.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/682

The 2021-22 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook [Publication Details]

May 23, 2021 - This report presents our office’s independent assessment of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2024-25 assuming the economy continues to grow. While the state faces a historic surplus, a spending level beyond what is proposed by the Governor would require the Legislature to identify proposals to reject.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4437

November 2020 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update [EconTax Blog]

Dec 4, 2020 - Based on the preliminary results, the state will receive an estimated $587 million in revenue from the auction. As shown in Figure 1, this amount is somewhat more than what the state received from the August 2020 auction ($474 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/588