The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Instead, much of the bounce appears to be tied to special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock  compensation. Booming Stock Market Driving Income Growth. The recent run ‑up in the stock market, which appears tied to optimism surrounding artificial intelligence, is a primary driver of the rapid growth in pay to high ‑income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - These beds are divided into the following two types based on the nature of the care they provide: Acute Psychiatric Programs (APPs). APPs provide shorter ‑term, intensive treatment for people who show signs of a major mental illness or higher ‑level symptoms of a chronic mental illness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Donovan Correctional Facility received payments of up to $10,000 over the course of the two years of the agreement —up to $5,000 in July 2024 and up to $5,000 in July 2025 depending on tenure. The proposed agreement similarly would provide eligible employees at the same institutions up to $10,000 over the first two fiscal years
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - In some years, the state could face add itional cost pressures to provide money to schools to offset their revenue losses. Effects on County Administrative Costs. County governments administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - The companies would not have to pay the costs of providing standard employee benefits and protections, which usually make up 20 percent of employee costs. This would allow the companies to charge lower fares and delivery fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - The trailing 12-month total of income tax withholdin g had been trending up between 5 percent and 10 percent most of the fiscal year. This growth  ticked up to around 10 percent in  January. Since then, annual withholding growth  for March, April, May, and June have come in at around 9  percent.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/756

Income Tax Withholding Tracker [EconTax Blog]

Oct 4, 2022 - The trailing 12-month total of income tax withholdin g had been trending up between 5 percent and 10 percent most of the fiscal year. This growth  ticked up to around 10 percent in  January. Since then, annual withholding growth  for March, April, May, and June have come in at around 9  percent.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/756

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5 , tens of millions of dollars are transferred from the LDF annually into these DOJ special funds —ranging from nearly $ 20  m illion in 2009 ‑ 10 t o $ 78  m illion in 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Prior to Proposition  47, stealing $950 or less of money or property from a store was sometimes treated as a wobbler punishable by up to three years in jail or prison. For example, if the defendant entered the store with intent to commit theft —as evidenced, for example, by their possessing a bag designed to conceal merchandise —they could be charged with burglary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: December 1 - December 23 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 23, 2020 - Federal withholding so far this month is up 7 percent from 2019, and California withholding in December to date in 2009 was up 9 percent from 2008.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/603