Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - The proposition also exc luded medical cannabis sales (with a valid state identification card) from state and local sales taxes. Authorized Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Cannabis Businesses. Proposition  64 provided cities and counties authority to restrict and regulate cannabis businesses located within their jurisdictions, including allowing them to limit the locations of these businesses or ban them altogether.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-010

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - The proposition also exc luded medical cannabis sales (with a valid state identification card) from state and local sales taxes. Authorized Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Cannabis Businesses. Proposition  64 provided cities and counties authority to restrict and regulate cannabis businesses located within their jurisdictions, including allowing them to limit the locations of these businesses or ban them altogether.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-011

Constitutional initiative regarding a nonpartisan, unicameral, state Legislature. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - County Elections Responsibilities. California counties administer elections —including special elections called by the Governor. County elections officials prepare and distribute county voter information guides, provide places for voting, maintain voter registration records, print ballots for all registered voters, tabulate votes, and transmit election results to the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-012

Building Permits Update: August 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 2, 2019 - Multifamily permit numbers in August were bolstered by an uncharacteristically large number of permits issued in Butte County, almost all attributable to new construction in Chico. Data source: CIRB (Construction Industry Research Board), a service provided by the California Homebuilding Foundation   http://www.mychf.org/cirb.html .   
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/403

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - County assessors determine the taxable value of property, county tax collectors bill property owners, and county auditors distribute the revenue among local governments. Statewide, county spending for property tax administration exceeds $600  million each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008

August 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2019 - August 2019 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Carolyn Chu August Revenues Slightly Below Projections. As seen in the figure below, August revenue collections across the state ’s three largest revenue sources —personal income tax (PIT), corporation tax, and sales tax —fell almost $380 million below projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/401

Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Students who receive the Cal Grant B Access Award also receive a supplemental award funded by the College Access Tax Credit. The size of the supplement is $24 in 2019-20. The UC Grant covers both tuition and nontuition expenses after applying a student self-help expectation and counting all other financial aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/315

Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]     All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate part day for 180 and 175 days per year, respectively. a Rates are weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving child care in each setting and county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/293

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - CASE contracted with UCLA to compare salaries of Unit 2 attorneys and administrative law judges to salaries for comparable municipal, county, and federal positions. The study draws from State Controller payroll data for city, county, and superior courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 6, 2019 - The agreement would —beginning July 1, 2020 —provide $250 per month to employees represented by Local 1000 who work in the Counties of Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, or San Luis Obispo. In addition, the agreement would add personnel specialists who work in the County of Alameda to an existing recruitment and retention differential (Pay Differential Number 211) —increasing state costs in 2019 ‑20 by about $20,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4094