California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/835

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/835

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - The reduced amount of money invested in the trust fund will result in higher unfunded liabilities in the long-run. In most of the agreements, the state ’s contributions towards the benefit would be fully restored in 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Since June 30, 2025, the administration signed tentative agreements with Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists). The Unit 16 agreement is a proposed successor MOU to the expired Unit 16 MOU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/834

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/834

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - The measure would result in the annual loss of up to a couple of billion dollars in existing revenues to local governments. This loss in revenue is made up of a few components, including: Primarily the invalidation of charter city-only transfer taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - The measure would result in the annual loss of up to a couple of billion dollars in existing revenues to local governments. This loss in revenue is made up of a few components, including: Primarily the limitation on transfer taxes charter cities could impose.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - DOF then submits the addendum to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), which has up to 30 days to determine if it disagrees with DOF’s determination that an agreement does or does not requires legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - The money contributed by the state and employees to prefund the benefit is put in a trust fund. Projections at the time indicated that the benefit would be fully funded by 2046. Under the plan, the assets of the trust fund cannot be used to pay for the benefit until 2046 or whenever the benefit is fully funded, whichever comes first.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061