Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants that are about 5.5  percent larger than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - When combined with slightly smaller increases in the local property tax portion of Proposition  98, overall growth in school and community college funding would average around 4.6  percent annually. Operating Deficits Average $18   Billion Annually Under LAO Estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

2021-22 “Big Three” Revenue Outlook Update: April 20, 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 21, 2022 - Our estimates suggest that it is virtually certain that collections from the state ’s “big three ” taxes —personal income, sales, and corporation taxes —will significantly exceed the Governor ’s Budget assumption of $185 billion in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/732

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 2021 - This measure could result in an ongoing increase in county workload to the extent that jurisdictional hearings that currently are decided by a judge are instead decided by a jury. For example, child welfare departments and/or county attorneys may need to spend more time preparing for jury trials because of the different rules related to how and what informa tion can be presented to a jury.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-001

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Total county costs to administer elections are estimated to be in the range of the low to mid-hundreds of millions of dollars per year; however, the cost per county varies widely depending on the population, size of the county, and number of candidates, among other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

U.S. Retail Sales Update: March 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 15, 2021 - March retail sales were nearly 10 percent above February and 28 percent above March 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/643

The 2022-23 Budget: Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions [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/4500

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 3, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 1 - October 31 November 3, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line:   California income tax withholding collections in October were 8.2 percent above October 2020, and collections to date in fiscal year 2021-22 are 20.2 percent above 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/710

Building Permits Update: August 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2020 - Most of the dropoff from July is due to Los Angeles County, which recorded 1,733 permits in July but just 624 in August. This is not an unusual level of month to month fluctuation: multifamily permit activity is dominated by large projects, and totals are volatile especially at the county level.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/558

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations Department of Public Health —Enforcement 6.0 California Department of Tax and Fee Administration —Enforcement 6.0 5.5 No Multiyear Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939