The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - These include: $750  Million to Strengthen County “Behavioral Health Continuum. ” As described earlier, the Governor proposes $750  million General Fund —made available over three years —for competitive grants to counties to purchase or renovate real estate for behavioral health facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - However, there is often a lag between when the tax is collected and when the money is spent. As a result, the economic effects from collecting the tax might be negative in the short term, even if the net economic effects over the longer term are more uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: December 1 - December 23 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 23, 2020 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: December 1 - December 23 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: December 1 - December 23 December 23, 2020 Brian Uhler Bottom Line:   California income tax withholding collections in December to date are 19 percent above December 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/603

Home Prices Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 22, 2020 - The graph below shows appreciation over the past 12 months for the state ’s 15 largest counties, and suggests that the shift to remote work has been a key factor in recent price changes. San Francisco has long been northern California ’s largest business hub, and historically a large share of its work force has commuted in from other counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/602

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The next largest revenue source for most districts —local property tax —typically arrives twice per year (in December and April), though arrangements vary somewhat by county, with some counties providing more installments per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

November 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Dec 16, 2020 - November 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein November revenue collections from the state ’s three largest taxes —the personal income tax, corporation tax, and sales tax —were ahead of budget projections by $2.4 billion (33 percent).  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/598

Card Spending Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 16, 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 November data and to incorporate data revisions for earlier months.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/596

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

Dec 16, 2020 - U.S. retail sales declined by 1% in November, but total sales Jan.-Nov. 2020 were slightly higher than Jan.-Nov. 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/595

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - As a result of the ongoing pandemic, most county human services offices have been affected by public health closures since March. We have talked to several of these offices throughout the state, and we understand that they have made extraordinary effo rts to ensure CalWORKs remains accessible even during public health lockdowns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

November 2020 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update [EconTax Blog]

Dec 4, 2020 - In addition, consistent with current law, an estimated $42 million will be transferred to the General Fund to backfill revenue losses from a 2017 expansion of a sales tax exemption for certain manufacturers.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/588