Income Tax Witholding Tracker: July 2022 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 5, 2022 - To make an apples-to-apples comparison for July, we compare the same five-week period covering July across the two years. Using this method, each year contains the same weeks of the year and the same number of "collection days ".)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/745

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Expected to Provide Roughly $25  Billion to Californians. Using tax data from 2017 (the latest available, although not perfectly representative of 2018 and 2019 returns), we roughly estimate about 14  million California households (or about 85  percent of all tax filers) will be eligible to receive a total of about $25 ‑30  billion in direct cash assistance from the CARES Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - The state plans to lend these properties to support port operations for one year, with an option to renew for another year. At the time of this writing, DGS had leased these properties to a wareho using company that will work with importers to store containers on these sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - The Stockton center ’s strategic plan (which was last updated in 201 9) i ncludes a goal to increase the center ’s enrollment by 25  p ercent annually over a five ‑year period, subject to available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Pension Payment to CalPERS

Mar 4, 2019 - The state ’s contributions have been rising (due to actuarial assumption changes and lower-than-assumed investment returns) and are expected to continue to rise over the next several years. Specifically, the state ’s CalPERS pension contributions are expected to increase by more than 25  percent between now and 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 29, 2022 - Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget] a Budget package also provides $100 million for this initiative in 2023-24. b Reflects second year of initiative, providing $9.5 million over a four-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/649

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 17, 2019 - This includes (1) $25  million in one-time funding for deferred maintenance projects at various prisons, (2)  $23.7  million in one-time funding to replace vehicles, and (3)  an $18.5  million augmentation (increasing to $55.6  million by 2021-22) to fund ongoing prison maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097

The 2022-23 Budget: May Revenue Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 16, 2022 - While the net effect of these elective payments on state tax revenues is relatively minor, timing issues related to the elective tax result in year-to-year fluctuations in tax collections. The elective tax collections in each fiscal year span two tax years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/735

Child Care and Preschool Budget [EdBudget]

Oct 17, 2022 - Child Care and Preschool Budget [EdBudget]     e Includes $1.2 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites. f Reflects preliminary LAO estimates as enrollment data are not yet publicly available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/678

Proposition 29 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - We estimate that clinics have total revenues of around $3.5  billion each year (annually) from their operations in California. These revenues consist of payments for dialysis from a few main sources, or payers: Medicare .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=29&year=2022