Students’ right to a high-quality public education. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - The public school system consists primarily of school districts and charter schools, as well as a small number of schools o perated by county offices of education and a few schools operated directly by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-033

Updated Unemployment Insurance Fund Forecast Shows Structural Deficit [EconTax Blog]

Jul 7, 2023 - Employers pay regular UI payroll taxes into the fund. These payroll taxes are used to pay out benefits. In January and May each year, EDD publishes a two-year forecast of UI benefits, UI payroll tax receipts, and other key fiscal information related to the state ’s UI Trust Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/779

Updated Unemployment Insurance Fund Forecast Shows Structural Deficit [EconTax Blog]

Jul 7, 2023 - Employers pay regular UI payroll taxes into the fund. These payroll taxes are used to pay out benefits. In January and May each year, EDD publishes a two-year forecast of UI benefits, UI payroll tax receipts, and other key fiscal information related to the state ’s UI Trust Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/779

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Rather than reimburse counties based on their actual costs, the state typically provides counties specific revenue sources —like a portion of the sales tax —to pay for their increased fiscal responsibilities (share of cost) under realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - One option could be to allocate some or all of future growth in local property and/or sales taxes within each county to jurisdictions based on their population growth. While such changes could be worthwhile, we caution that they would face several hurdles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Taxpayer protection and government accountability. [Ballot]

Jan 19, 2022 - Local governments use revenues from taxes and fees to fund a variety of services, like fire and polic e, public works, and parks. Current Requirements to Approve Taxes and Fees.   State law requires increases in local taxes to receive approval of the local governing body —for example, a city council or county board of supervisors —as well as approval of voters in that local jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-042

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates [Publication Details] Description: In this post, we analyze the Governor’s proposed one-year fuel tax holiday. This proposal presents the Legislature with a tradeoff between reducing fuel expenses and funding state highway projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4528

U.S. Retail Sales Update: April 2023 [EconTax Blog]

May 16, 2023 - U.S. retail sales have dropped 0.9 percent over the last 3 months and grown 1.6 percent over the last 12 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/775

The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - The  Legislature has flexibility around how it is able to direct GGRF revenues because the program was authorized in a way that is akin to a tax, meaning the funds can legally be used for broad purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - The State Constitution limits how much tax revenues the state can spend each year, with exceptions like spending on infrastructure. Some of the spending under this measure could be considered infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012