The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test Format: HTML Description: The 2020‑21 Governor’s budget includes two labor proposals related to Chapter 296 of 2019 (AB 5, Gonzalez), a new law that limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4151

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Analysis Predicting AB  5 Workload Difficult at This Early Stage . . . As we noted earlier, at this time we cannot predict how many contractors will be reclassified and hired as employees due to AB  5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151

Proposed Changes in UC's Base Funding [EdBudget]

May 18, 2025 - A new governor will take office in 2027-28. a Reflects a deferred Year 4 base increase of $241 million and a Year 5 base increase of $254 million. b Reflects a deferred Year 4 increase of $31 million and a Year 5 increase of $30 million. c Reflects various small ongoing and one-time adjustments. d Reflects the restoration of a $125 million one-time reduction
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/970

Changes to CSU's Base Funding Over Next Three Years [EdBudget]

May 19, 2025 - A new governor will take office in 2027-28. a Reflects a deferred Year 4 base increase of $252 million and a Year 5 base increase of $265 million. b Reflects restoration of $75 million one-time reduction applied in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/971

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - Specifically, our revenue estimates exceed the administration ’s estimates by $5  billion to $7  billion annually from 2026-27 to 2028-29 —differences we consider very minor given the size of the budget and uncertainty in revenue forecasting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

California New Car Registrations: March 2025 [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations grew 5 percent from February to March. With this strong growth, March was the fourth highest monthly count of registrations in the last two years. As we track data for the next few months, we will see if this growth continues or if it was a transitory bump in anticipation of tariffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/828

California New Car Registrations: March 2025 [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations grew 5 percent from February to March. With this strong growth, March was the fourth highest monthly count of registrations in the last two years. As we track data for the next few months, we will see if this growth continues or if it was a transitory bump in anticipation of tariffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/828

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - Revenues Lower by About $5   Billion. The May Revision downgrades the administration ’s revenue estimates by $5  billion. Revenues for prior and current years are up a total of $6  billion, primarily reflecting stronger ‑than ‑expect personal income tax collections which are running $4  billion ahead of prior projections as of April.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - For example, see the 2010 agreement with Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 (Local 10000), which increased employee contributions from 5 percent of pay to 8 percent of pay and reduced pension benefits for future hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details]

Mar 27, 2025 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5022