California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In high-wage states like California, top-coding seriously hinders analyses that consider the upper portion of the wage distribution. Also, starting in April 2023, the Census Bureau has rou nded wages and earnings to a greater degree than it did historically, although the wage measurements remain more precise than those in other publicly available data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Uptick in Unemployment Rate Triggered a Recession Indicator [EconTax Blog]

Oct 3, 2023 - The state ’s unemployment rate has moved upwards since last fall —climbing from 3.8 percent in August 2022 to 4.6 percent in August 2023. Given this increase, the state version of the Sahm Rule triggered first in March 2023 and continues to indicate recession conditions.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/786

Uptick in Unemployment Rate Triggered a Recession Indicator [EconTax Blog]

Oct 3, 2023 - The state ’s unemployment rate has moved upwards since last fall —climbing from 3.8 percent in August 2022 to 4.6 percent in August 2023. Given this increase, the state version of the Sahm Rule triggered first in March 2023 and continues to indicate recession conditions.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/786

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education [Publication Details]

Nov 28, 2023 - This post summarizes overall Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2023-24 budget package. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4818

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

Aug 22, 2023 - The state's initiative, referendum, and recall processes. [Ballot] Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed statutory initiative related to the state 's initiative, referendum, and recall processes (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-007

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - Alternatively, if inflation continues to fall, the state could end up providing pay increases above the rate of inflation under the agreement, resulting in the state potentially paying more than might be necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - (State law makes an exception for debt service on university bonds, explicitly authorizing CSU to pledge revenues across its accounts.) State Law Authorizes Internal Borrowing Across CSU Accounts. State law explicitly authorizes CSU to borrow funds from one of its accounts for another account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 9, 2021 - This post analyzes four of the Governor’s budget proposals for the California State University (CSU). Specifically, the post covers proposals relating to CSU Stanislaus’s off-campus center in Stockton, the Computing Talent Initiative based at CSU Monterey Bay, CSU’s ability to transfer funds among its accounts, and summer-term student financial aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4399

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Existing state law does not specify how revenues earned from this type of advertising must be spent. How common this advertising practice is and how much corresponding revenue is generated across the state are both unknown since the state does not coll ect such data from private entities and local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Most of the electricity needs across the state —about 75  percent —are served by infrastructure owned by IOUs. The largest IOUs in the state are Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008