Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Though some of these Ca lifornians nevertheless file taxes (in many cases to qualify for federal tax credits), an unknown number do not. (The federal deadline to file 2019 tax returns was recently extended to July 15, and anyone filing by that date would appear to be eligible for the assistance.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Between 2001 and 2004, the state funded the Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program which established six county offices of education (COEs) as regional teacher recruitment centers to recruit teachers for low ‑performing schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Manufacturers. In 2018, we evaluated the economic effects of a sales tax exemption administered by the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In 2018, this threshold was $1.46 per person in the state (about $58  million for California) and $3.68 per person in the affected county (about $4,000 in Alpine County and $37  million in Los Angeles County).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

The state's initiative, referendum, and recall processes. [Ballot]

Sep 27, 2021 - County election officials have to verify the validity of thousands of voter signatures on petitions. Campaigns to support or oppose such measures regularly raise millions of dollars to develop proposals, fund signature-gathering campaigns, and present their viewp oints to the public at large.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-007

The 2020-21 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2020 - Many of the department ’s activities are conducted in partnership with county agricultural commissioners and county sealers of weights and measures. The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 589  m illion from various fund sources for support of CDFA in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4187

The 2020-21 Budget: Taxation of E-Cigarettes [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2020 - We find that a tax based on nicotine content has some advantages. We also suggest that the Legislature consider a wide range of possible tax rates. Once the Legislature has chosen a rate, we recommend indexing the rate to inflation and revisiting it frequently to assess whether further adjustments are warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4171

With New Deficits Looming, California Will Weigh its Options for Allocating a Large Revenue Windfall

Dec 1, 2020 - Because this group accounts for a large portion of the state ’s tax revenues, tax collections proved to be somewhat insulated from the initial downturn. In fact, our revenue estimate for 2021 ‑22 now is very similar to what the Governor projected in his January 2020 (pre-pandemic) budget proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4305

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals [Publication Details] Description: This report evaluates the changes the Governor proposes and assesses whether the changes better position 1991 realignment to achieve its intended benefits and meet the principles of a successful state-county fiscal partnership we identified in our October report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3962

Assessing Recent Changes to California Competes

Mar 30, 2020 - California Competes is an economic development tax incentive program that allows the administration to negotiate tax credit agreements with individual companies that agree to meet multiyear hiring and investment targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4213