An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2021 - In recent years, as wildfires have increased in severity and damage, the Legislature has shown growing interest in state support of wildfire prevention efforts, including regional planning for forest health activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4482

The 2020-21 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - The Legislature can reconsider providing additional outreach funding in future years —potentially as soon as next year ’s budget process —after the assessment is complete, which is expected to be sometime during the middle of 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4184

Taxpayer protection and government accountability. [Ballot]

Jan 19, 2022 - This year ’s state budget spends over $255  billion in state funds. Over 90  percent of the state budget is funded with revenues from taxes. These include, for example, sales taxes paid on goods and income taxes paid on wages and other sources of income.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-042

Home Sales Update: May 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2020 - California home sales were running at a relatively high level earlier in the year, but have dropped sharply as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The slump deepened in May, as the state recorded barely half as many sales as in May 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/486

The 2020-21 Budget: Improving the State's Unpaid Wage Claim Process

Feb 19, 2020 - Second, only a small portion of affected workers statewide file wage claims each year, meaning the vast majority of unpaid wages go uncontested. Addressing these ongoing challenges would require close legislative involvement over several years and, potentially, significant new resources at the Labor Commissioner ’s Office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4165

The 2020-21 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2020 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2020-21 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4330

Home Prices Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 22, 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. November 2020 data suggest that home price growth has accelerated even more in California than nationwide in recent months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/602

Home Sales Update: April 2020 [EconTax Blog]

May 22, 2020 - California home sales were running at a relatively high level earlier in the year, but have since dropped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The graph below shows unadjusted home sale counts according to Redfin, a national real estate brokerage.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/468

Building Permits Update: July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 31, 2020 - This was the largest monthly total this year, although it was only a hair above January which is typically a very weak month whereas July is typically strong. The single family permit total of 5,266 was slightly above the July 2019 and June 2020 figures, and well above the 2015-2019 average for July.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/536

Building Permits Update: December 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 6, 2020 - Single family permitting slumped from late 2018 to early 2019, but has since returned to a pace well above the average of the previous five years. The preliminary 2019 total of 57,182 single family permits is down 3 percent from 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/433