Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Growth Roughly Evenly Split Between State Highways and Local Roads. Many transportation policies and programs make a major distinction between the state highway system and local roads. Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, we estimate that 54  percent of California ’s pandemic ‑era growth in age 15 to 44 motor vehicle deaths has occurred on the state highway system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Trends in Higher Education: Faculty and Staff [Publication Details]

Dec 4, 2024 - This brief is the fifth of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on the higher education workforce and how it has changed over time. The brief tracks changes in the number of faculty and staff, their demographic composition, compensation, recruitment, and retention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4944

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - States. In unadjusted dollar terms, at $380 per week, California ’s average weekly benefit rank around the middle of U.S. states. However, wages are higher in California than they are in most other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Update: Tech Company Equity Pay Driving Withholding in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 20, 2024 - Overall state income tax withholding from equity pay at California technology companies could make up 10 percent of total income tax withholding  this year. (These figures are based on our office 's analysis of recent financial reports, including assumptions about what share of their workforce resides in California and the distribution of withholding between state and federal governments.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/815

Update: Tech Company Equity Pay Driving Withholding in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 20, 2024 - Overall state income tax withholding from equity pay at California technology companies could make up 10 percent of total income tax withholding  this year. (These figures are based on our office 's analysis of recent financial reports, including assumptions about what share of their workforce resides in California and the distribution of withholding between state and federal governments.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/815

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2024 - Every year, our office publishes the Fiscal Outlook in anticipation of the upcoming budget season. This report gives the Legislature our independent estimates and analysis of the state’s budget condition with the goal of helping lawmakers prepare for the 2025-26 budget process. See our other Fiscal Outlook publications here.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4939

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - We evaluate the budget condition based on current law and policy at both the state and federal level. This means we are assessing the state ’s spending and revenues assuming no new laws or policies are enacted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The state funds the guarantee through state General  Fund and local property tax revenue. “Maintenance Factor ” Accelerates Growth in the Guarantee. In addition to the three main tests, the Constitution requires the state to track an obligation known as maintenance factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Outlook Overview Background Medi-Cal Is a Sizable Portion of the State Budget. Medi-Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, provides health care coverage for low-income Californians. The enacted 2024 ‑25 budget provides $161  billion for Medi-Cal, roughly half of which is funded by the federal government and the remaining covered by state and local sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941