The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - Contract county crews CalFire $25 million GF in 2022 ‑23 and $35 million ongoing GF to fund 12 hand crews for contract counties, and an adjustment to the approach to calculating contract county reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog] Chas Alamo California employers make regular income tax withholding payments for their employees. These amounts are reported every weekday, providing a real-time indication of the direction and magnitude of aggregate change in the employers ’ payroll.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/756

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog] Chas Alamo California employers make regular income tax withholding payments for their employees. These amounts are reported every weekday, providing a real-time indication of the direction and magnitude of aggregate change in the employers ’ payroll.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/756

2022 Update on the California Earned Income Tax Credit [Publication Details]

Oct 3, 2022 - 2022 Update on the California Earned Income Tax Credit [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/4630

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - The Constitution allows refunds of taxes to be excluded from appropriations subject to limit (see: Section 8(a) of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution). As a result, these types of tax refunds are scored as spending rather than revenue reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - Diesel Sales Tax Reduction. The budget includes a one-year reduction in the diesel sales tax from 13  percent to roughly 9  percent beginning October 1, 2022. This reduction is intended to provide fiscal relief from high fuel costs to drivers and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - The tax rate will range from $400 to $800 per metric ton of lithium carbonate equivalent that a producer extracts, adjusted annually for inflation. A total of 80  percent of the revenue from this tax will go to the counties where lithium extraction occurs, while the other 20  percent will go to the Salton Sea Restoration Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Such funds are remitted to the state by counties that collect more property tax than state law allows them to spend on education . This reduction is $12.9 million greater than the revised 2021-22 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - For example, counties (and their departments) may not define a case or track cases in the same manner. The magnitude of su ch data collection challenges differs by county based on how each county administers and conducts oversight of indigent defense services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Farmworker Housing Grant Program — Los Angeles County/USC General Hospital Campus Reuse — Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program — $7,218 a Funding is ongoing. HCD = Housing and Community Development; CTCAC = California Tax Credit Allocation Committee; CalHFA = California Housing Finance Agency; and Cal  ICH California Interagency Council on Homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622