U.S. Retail Sales Update: December 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 17, 2024 - U.S. retail sales have grown 0.7 percent over the last 3 months and 5.6 percent over the last 12 months. Both of these growth rates outpaced inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/794

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - For example, the Governor proposes narrowing businesses ’ ability to reduce their tax bill by counting previous losses against their current income. This would generate about $300  million in additional revenue in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Many urban water suppliers are public entities —such as cities, counties, or special districts —while some are private investor ‑owned utilities. Public water suppliers serve about eight in ten Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Larger Metro Regions Received More PPP ‑Related Tax Relief and State Grants. We  also examined how PPP eligible for state tax relief and SBCRG were distributed across metro area. As Figure 6 shows, per business in the area, larger metro regions tended to receive more in both types of assistance, most notably, Los Angeles, San  Francisco, and San Jose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - (CCC also relies on local property tax revenue to cover these costs.) Figure 2 provides key fiscal information for each segment. In 2022-23, the three segments together received a total of $18.6 billion in state General Fund support and a total of $8.6 billion in student tuition revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Early Education Annual Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Dec 20, 2023 - Estimates assume half of children reimbursed at weekly rate and half at monthly rate. c Averages reflect the greater of the 75th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey or the 2023-24 standard reimbursement rate weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving direct service child care in each setting and county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/804

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - This percent is applied to the amount of sports wagers made after deducting (1)  any wagers made with free bets or promotional credits (such as a wager made with funds provided by a tribe to a player as a promotion), (2)  all player winnings, and (3)  all federal gaming taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - At the same time, state and/or local revenues could increase due to required fees (such as regulatory fees), payments (such as a share of sports wagering revenues), or tax revenues from economic activity associated with sports wagering.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - The measure would reduce ongoing costs to the state and local governments by reducing the number of people convicted of entheogenic substance-related offenses incarcerated in state prison and county jail, as well as the number placed under community supervision (such as county probation).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

U.S. Retail Sales Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 14, 2023 - U.S. retail sales have grown 0.9 percent over the last 3 months and 4.1 percent over the last 12 months. Both of these growth rates outpaced inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/791