Climate Change and State Bonds [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - Climate Change and State Bonds [Publication Details] 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/Publications/Detail/3983

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

Mar 26, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies [Publication Details] 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/Publications/Detail/3989

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - While the state has already addressed many of its outstanding deferrals, there are still three major categories of deferrals remaining. These are related to: (1) state employee payroll, (2) pension payments, and (3) Medi-Cal payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3988

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

Mar 26, 2019 - The new rules may result in a major operational shift for the state ’s child support system. Implementing these updates to the state ’s program may require significant state leadership and legislative involvement and could result in a restructuring of how counties operate child support services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - A federal and state program that encourages the investment of private equity in the development of affordable rental housing for low ‑income households. The Governors ’ budget proposes to expand the state tax credit program and establish a new state tax credit program that targets households with relatively higher income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Proposal for a New Office of Digital Innovation

Mar 22, 2019 - Evaluating the Benefits of Centralized Placement of State IT Staff. By proposing to create new business process reengineering and digital services teams within GovOps, the administration appears to support, at least to some degree, the centralized placement of some state IT staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - The State Supervises County CWS Agencies. The federal government gives states some flexibility in how they operate their CWS programs. Unlike some other state CWS programs which are state administered, California ’s CWS program is state supervised and county administered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

Unemployment Claims Update: February 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 19, 2019 - Source: United States Department of Labor with LAO calculations  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/354

January 2019 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Mar 15, 2019 - Overall employment in the state grew 1.4 percent over the previous 12 months (as of January), somewhat below the nation ’s 1.9 percent growth rate. As the figure shows, the state added jobs at a slower pace than the nation in all but one (professional and technical services) of the 12 largest sectors, although in most cases the gap between the state and national growth rates was fairly small.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/353

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law [Publication Details]

Mar 15, 2019 - To address this problem, the Governor’s budget proposes allocating resources to the State Controller's Office (SCO) for more audits of potential holders. We agree with the Governor’s goal to increase holder compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3978