Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: September 20 - September 26 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2020 - Benefit payments from the federal Lost Wages Assistance program, which allows states to temporarily increase weekly benefits by $300, were paid out for the third time last week. The state distributed roughly $900 million in federal benefits under this program during the week ending September 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/555

Building Permits Update: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 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. This was the seventh straight month in which the total exceeded the recent average for the month.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/633

Weekly Unemployment Claims Update: September 27 - October 3 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 9, 2020 - Benefit payments from the federal Lost Wages Assistance program, which allows states to temporarily increase weekly benefits by $300, were paid out for the fourth and fifth time last week. As shown in the figure, the state distributed roughly $1.5 billion in federal benefits under this program during the week ending October 3.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/560

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

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 14, 2020 - What Are the State ’s Priorities for Improving County Performance? Given the complexity of Medi ‑Cal administration and the number of issues identified in state audits, counties might not be able to improve their performance on the full array of state standards all at once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4161

Homelessness and the 2020-21 Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2020 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health and Human Services Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 On State Administration
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4169

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

Building Permits Update: June 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 4, 2020 - While this was the most permits the state has recorded since March, it was the lowest June total since 2014, showing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The multifamily housing permit total of 2,745 was the lowest figure yet in 2020 and less than half the June average over the previous five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/512

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2022 - This brief focuses on access to health insurance coverage and the affordability of health care costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4560

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - State rules set the type of work independent contractors can do. New State Law Limits Who Companies Can Hire as Independent Contractors. The state recently enacted AB  5, which limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151