Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Badger, Emily, Ben Blatt, and Josh Katz (2023). “Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night? ” The New York Times , December 11, 2023 . California Department of Public Health, Office of Policy and Planning (2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Cengiz, Doruk, Arindrajit Dube, Attila Lindner, and Ben Zipperer (2019). “The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs. ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134(3). Clemens, Austin, Kavya Vaghul, John Schmitt, and Will McGrew (2019).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The state only recently began prefunding retiree health ben efits. Many local governments still do not prefund the benefit and, instead, make payments on a pay-as-you-go basis after an employee retires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

Promoting Equity in the Parole Hearing Process

Jan 5, 2023 - In this report, we (1) provide background on California’s parole hearing process, (2) identify current aspects of the process that could disadvantage certain groups, and (3) recommend steps to promote greater equity in the parole hearing process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4658

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - The same study found that there was very little ben efit associated with reducing “congestion ” on most distribution circuits, but there was substantial value on 1 p ercent of circuits. The value is especially significant in areas where circuits are very close to needing a capacity upgrade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131