The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Upon the expiration of the executive order, however, counties and CAPI consortia were required to resume conducting scheduled CAPI annual redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/4

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - UI Program Is Financed With Payroll Taxes Paid by Employers. Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI tax revenues are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay benefits to unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - For example, in 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  5 (SB  1, Beall), which increased fuel taxes and vehicle fees to support transportation-related infrastructure. More recently, the Legislature has appropriated billions of dollars from the General Fund and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to support a wide range of infrastructure, including for water conveyance and storage, energy transmission, electric-vehicle charging, and transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 1-June 25 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 25, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 1-June 25 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: June 1-June 25 June 25, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: California income tax withholding collections in June to date are 24.8 percent above June 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/670

Overview of Mental Health Services for College Students

Dec 10, 2021 - County mental health departments also have a major role in the delivery of community mental health services. In particular, counties provide services for low-income individuals with the highest service needs, including Medi-Cal beneficiaries with severe mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4481

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

Jan 21, 2022 - We currently project that there is a strong chance that collections from the state ’s “big three ” taxes —personal income, sales, and corporation taxes —will exceed the Governor ’s Budget assumption of $184.6 billion in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/722

Card Spending Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 19, 2020 - To do this, we use an index—a weighted average of different spending categories—designed to track movements in California’s sales tax base. In this post, we update the index to include September data.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/566

Home Prices Update: June 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 20, 2020 - The graph below shows appreciation over the past 12 months for the state ’s 15 largest counties. The four central San Francisco Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo) have seen little or no home price growth over the past 12 months, although this has not been the case in neighboring and equally expensive Santa Clara.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/500

California New Car Sales: August 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 16, 2020 - New vehicle registrations have rebounded from record lows in the spring, but remain below pre-recession levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/563

U.S. Retail Sales Update: September 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 16, 2020 - Strong U.S. retail sales growth continued in September. Total sales January-September 2020 were just 1% below the same period in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/562