The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - (The revenues that support SHA —such as fuel excise taxes —are constitutionally protected and can only be used on transportation ‑related expenditures.) As mentioned earlier, 60  percent of the formula highway funding California receives is used for state activities and 40  percent is apportioned to local agencies to address local transportation system needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

State Budget Effects of Recent Federal Actions to Address COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020 - Finally, should benefit payments under the state’s base program exceed payroll tax collections, the legislation allows the state to take an interest-free loan (through the end of 2020) to continue making benefit payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4217

What Do Unanticipated Revenues Mean for the Surplus? [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2021 - The formulas vary substantially based on the amount of personal income tax revenues attributable to capital gains that the state collects. These revenues can vary substantially from year to year, making it difficult to predict the impact on the formulas.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/697

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For example, wage theft ‑related legal action can address business practices (such as employee misclassification or tax evasion) that are harmful to workers. DOJ has provided sufficient workload justification for these proposals that suggests additional resources appear to be needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

Funding for arts and music education in schools. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2021 - Proposition  98 (1988) sets aside a minimum amount of state General Fund and local property tax revenue for public schools and community colleges. The size of this allotment depends on several factors, including the number of students attending public schools, growth in the state economy, and General Fund revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-036

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Advance Premium Tax Credit (APTC). The APTC —as structured under the ACA —offsets the cost of health insurance premiums for households with incomes between 100  percent and 400  percent of the FPL. This  tax credit effectively limits a household ’s net premium for a silver plan (after accounting for the tax credit) to between 2  percent and 10  percent of annual income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - If the Legislature were to reject any of these proposals, it would generally need to repurpose the associated funding for other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

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

Oct 10, 2022 - The budget authorizes 61 permanent positions, 40 vehicles, and 12 pieces of heavy equipment with an estimated cost of roughly $9  million ongoing to be funded from the continuously appropriated Cannabis Tax Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2022 - In this post, we provide a projection of state and employer costs to repay the federal Unemployment Insurance loan under two economic scenarios, assess the effects of the Governor's proposed $3 billion General Fund payment toward the outstanding loan, and present an alternative to the Governor's proposal that could provide more immediate tax relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4543

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - To raise awareness of the Golden State Stimulus (GSS) and the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) programs, the Franchise Tax Board, in partnership with the Department of Community Services and Development (CSD), award grants to CBOs for education and outreach activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523