Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Figure  6 shows a measure of state revenue volatility put together by researchers at the Pew Charitable Trusts using 15 years of revenue collection data. According to this measure, California has one of the most volatile tax revenue systems in the country, ranking fifth out of 50 states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - "A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States. " Prepared for the Pew Charitable Trusts. Giroud, Xavier and Joshua Rauh (2019).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/821

Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Oct 10, 2023 - We note that research on the fiscal effect of numerous evidence ‑based practices is already available from a variety of sources, such as the Pew‑MacArthur Results First Initiative. (For more on the Pew‑MacArthur Results First Initiative, see the box below.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4806