August 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Sep 17, 2020 - August 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein August revenue collections from the state ’s three largest taxes —the personal income tax, corporation tax, and sales tax —were ahead of budget projections by $1.7 billion (24 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/546

Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California [Publication Details]

Feb 7, 2024 - Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California identifies some of the biggest and most complex policy issues facing the state and its policymakers. Given the significance and complexity of these issues, our discussion of each issue is necessarily high level and does not provide recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4830

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - FFPSA Part I extension of expenditure authority — — Governor ’s budget proposes to extend the expenditure deadline for local child welfare agencies to spend their grant dollars for the state Family First Prevention Services Block Grant for four years, to June 30, 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Increased State Involvement Despite primarily being a county responsibility, the state has increased its involvement with the indigent defense system in recent years by providing funding and requiring certain assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2024 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals for the University of California (UC). We have sections focusing on UC’s core operations and enrollment. We also revisit recent UC one-time initiatives and capital projects the state had funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4862

State Tax Collections Update: April 2020 to July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 20, 2020 - State Tax Collections Update: April 2020 to July 2020 [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein Bottom Line. Total revenue collections for the state ’s three largest taxes —personal income tax (PIT), sales tax, and corporation tax —across April 2020 to July 2020 came in 9 percent ($4.3 billion) ahead of budget projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/525

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/814

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - More than half of Medi-Cal ’s budget is supported by federal funds, with the remainder supported by state General Fund as well as other state and local government sources. The General Fund portion of Medi-Cal comprises a sizable share of overall state General Fund spending, ranging between 13  percent and 17  percent in most of the last ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - State Law Allows Transgender and Nonbinary Students to Participate in Either Girls State or Boys State Conferences. The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Organization operate separate week-long leadership conferences for high school students known as Boys State and Girls State conferences.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

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

Dec 18, 2020 - (Other options for using one ‑time Proposition  98 settle ‑up funds include addressing student learning loss and reducing districts ’ unfunded pension liabilities.) Two Main Options Regarding Timing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307