The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Funds Racial Equity and Implicit Bias Training for County CalWORKs Staff. The spending plan includes $3  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 and $10  million in 2022 ‑23 to support racial equity training for CalWORKs county staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

U.S. Retail Sales Update: June 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 18, 2022 - The amount of money spent on retail purchases in the U.S. increased 1% from May to June, but real sales declined due to inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/742

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Shifts Some County IHSS Costs to General Fund, Potentially Addressing Some State ‑County Cost ‑Sharing Issues. The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - If cities and counties could prohibit these deliveries, California ’s legal cannabis market would be smaller and cannabis tax revenue would be lower. Using Simple Metrics to Estimate Effects: A Cautionary Example.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 11, 2022 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 2022 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 2022 July 11, 2022 Chas Alamo California employers make regular income tax withholding payments for their employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/741

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; CDE = California Department of Education; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; GF = General Fund; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDTFA = California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DCC = Department of Cannabis Control; DFPI = Department of Financial Protection
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - Since that time, the state implemented various policy changes —such as shifting responsibility for various felony populations from the state to the counties through the 2011 realignment —that significantly reduced the prison population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Suspension Proposal

Jan 29, 2021 - Recent budgets have used funding from Proposition  56, which established a higher tax on tobacco products, to increase provider payments in Medi ‑Cal. If the suspensions went into effect, most of these payment increases would cease.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4328

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Taxable bonds are projected to have about 7  percent interest rates in fall 2023 —or 1.35  percent higher than tax-exempt bonds. As a result, the annual debt service savings on these taxable bonds is about $5  million more than tax-exempt bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - Of that, 3.94  percent raises money for the state ’s General Fund, and 2.06  percent raises money the state provides to counties for various local programs. Local governments ’ portion of the sales tax ranges from 1.25  percent to 4.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040