How California's Economy Evolved Over the Last Business Cycle [EconTax Blog]

Jan 7, 2021 - The high-growth subsectors were already overrepresented in California in 2007, and they then outperformed the sa me subsectors in other states over the next 12+ years, which drove the strong growth of the state ’s aggregate information sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/604

Involuntary Servitude [Ballot]

Jun 9, 2021 - As such, the fiscal effects of the me asure on state and local governments are uncertain. If the measure is interpreted to allow all forms of work currently performed by people in the criminal justice system, it would have no direct fiscal effect on state or local gover nments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-003

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - To address this possibility, we estimate the age distribution again, this ti me only for workers who have lived in the U.S. for at least one decade. Figure  2 displays the results. These estimates are very similar to the numbers in Figure  1, indicating that recent immigration does not explain those age patterns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

Attorney compensation in certain civil lawsuits. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - State law places limits on contingency fee agreements in a few civil cases, such as prohibiting them in family law cases and imposing limits on the contingency fee percentage in me dical malpractice cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-031

The rights of individuals to make “fully free and informed” health decisions. [Ballot]

Nov 18, 2021 - For example, the rights granted to people under this me asure would prevent other individuals and entities from requiring a person to make a particular health decision or treating a person differently based on their health decisions, in cluding whether to have any medical procedure done or to wear a device that restricts the person ’s breathing or senses (potentially including face masks or gloves).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-025

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - The continued decline in new PUA claims after the state instituted ID. me —as shown in Figure  2 above —suggests that ID.me may have further reduced the viability of fraudulent claims. …But Took Other Actions Inconsistent With Strike Team Call to Reassess Stance on Fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Although the me asure requires that the system would be operational within two years, the system could take many years to complete. Based on other complex statewide IT systems, it could cost the s tate and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars to develop the system.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - In this post, we provide so me basic background on the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, an update on recent program changes and caseload trends, and an overview of the Governor’s CalWORKs budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - The Legislature has not established the tax permanently, but instead has approved and renewed it for fixed periods of ti me. The tax currently imposes charges on the number of people MCOs enroll each month in their Medi-Cal and commercial lines of business.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Proposition 23 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - For people enrolled only in Me di-Cal, the Medi-Cal program is solely responsible to pay for dialysis. Group and Individual Health Insurance. Many people in the state have group health insurance coverage through an employer or another organization (such as a union).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=23&year=2020