How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Proposals

Feb 20, 2022 - Request More Information on 988 Hotline Proposal We recommend that the Legislature direct OES  to report on the administration ’s efforts to secure federal funds for implementation of the 988 hotline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - Civil Rights Department Funding for Another Year of Statewide Reporting Hotline. The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - The program, which initially was funded as part of the 2019-20 budget package, in cludes a statewide hotline and in-person county mobile response units. The statewide hotline was implemented in March  2021 and counties implemented their mobile response teams in July 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

Peace officer use of force. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2021 - The measure requires agencies that employ peace officers to prominently display a link on their websites to report officer misconduct and to maintain 24 hour telephone hotlines for the reporting of officer misconduct.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-010

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - For all other activities for 2020 ‑21, the Legislature approved the listed amounts as part of the Budget Bill Jr. package in April 2021. c For 2021 ‑22, funds are proposed by the administration for July through December 2021. d Funding for state contracts for technology and hotlines in 2019 ‑20 is included in the amount for Family Resource Centers funding. e In addition to the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - To meet this requirement, the administration proposes to contract with and fund a virtual telehealth hotline, facilitating interaction between STRTPs and nurses at any time. QI Assessment of Congregate Care Placements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364