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

Mar 9, 2026 - How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog] How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? March 9, 2026 Chas Alamo State Budget Is Heavily Reliant on Stock Market Earnings.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog] How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? March 9, 2026 Chas Alamo State Budget Is Heavily Reliant on Stock Market Earnings.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - Litigation proceeds are deposited into the LDF in cases where the state is a party to the legal action and no other state statutes specifically provide for ( 1)  t he handling and investing of the money and ( 2)  h ow any earned interest is distributed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - Wealth is different from incom e, which is how much a person earns in a set period of time, like one year. A person ’s wealth typically is measured by their net worth. A person ’s net worth is the value of all the things they own, like stocks, businesses, or other investments, minus their debts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Given the continued uncertainty around cap ‑and ‑invest revenues, we recommend the Legislature closely monitor upcoming quarterly auctions —in February  and May 2026 —to assess how revenues are materializing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - One path is falling interest rates and expansion of money available for lending and investment. A key driver of California ’s economic slump over the last two years has been the Federal Reserve ’s efforts to tamp down inflation by raising interest rates and shrinking how much money is available for lending and investment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The first is payment towards the “normal cost, ” which is the amount of money that actuaries determine (based on actuarial assumptions like expected investment returns on assets) must be contributed to prefund the benefit earned by employees today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - The department also educates consumers on how to avoid scams, investigates suspected fraud, and (in certain instances) takes legal action to collect restitution for lost money. The revised 2024-25 budget provides DFPI with $177  million —almost exclusively from four special funds, which themselves are largely funded by revenue from regulatory fees, licenses, and permits —and 878.3 positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025