Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - Several State Agencies Support California ’s Ports. State involvement with ports in California is distributed across several agencies, including the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), California Air Resources Board (CARB), and Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - As Table 2 of that report indicates, the study compares state firefighter compensation with the compensation received by firefighters employed by 20 local government fire departments across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The CalHR compensation study indicates that Unit 9 vacancy rates and turnover rates are similar to state averages. This suggests that the state likely does not face any systemic statewide recruitment or retention issues for state engineers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

The 2023-24 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2023 - We recommend that the Legislature reject the Governor’s proposal for two primary reasons. First, the proposed funding is likely not needed. Second, given the state’s budget problem, dedicating new General Fund to this purpose would come at the expense of previously identified priorities, and we do not find it sufficiently justified for prioritizing limited state resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4703

IRS Migration Data Shows Increased Movement in 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 16, 2022 - While this uptick is notable, it is important to keep in mind that state income tax collections still grew an extraordinary 16 percent between 2020 and 2019.   The uptick in outmigration to other states is not the only story in the 2020 IRS data.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/747

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2022 - This post provides background on the California Department of Technology's cost recovery model and rate development process for IT services, evaluates related Governor's budget proposals and available information on a proposed rate re-evaluation process, and offers our recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4552

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Moreover, the lack of information available for state entities to make direct comparisons between private vendor rates and State Data Center rates —including the benefits and costs of the services the State Data Center provides —makes state entities ’ decisions about the provision of IT services more difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 22, 2022 - State Sets Aside “Excess Revenues. ” Under Chapter 26 of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget), the state uses 2020-21 cannabis tax revenues to establish a funding target for the programs that receive those revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/751

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Continues State Excess Sites Program. The 2022-23 budget provides HCD $100  million General Fund over two years ($25  million in 2022-23 and $75  million in 2023-24) for affordable housing on state excess land sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor's IT Project Proposals

Feb 20, 2020 - Payroll for State ’s Workforce. SCO is responsible for issuing pay to the state workforce, including state employees, California State University, and the Judicial Council. SCO issues payroll and manages human resources for about 260, 000 e mployees using a legacy IT system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4170