The 2024-25 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 6, 2024 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan Series, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The flagship report of this series, Overview of the Spending Plan, is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2024-25 budget package. As the posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4923

^[PDF] Legislative Term Limits Reform Act of 2010 (Amendment #1-S)

This would not have any di- rect effect on total state or local spending or revenues. The different composition of the Assembly and the Senate, however, likely would lead to different decisions being made—for example, on legislation and the state budget—than otherwise would be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090634.pdf

The 2024-25 Budget: County Probation Grants to Support Temporary Increase in the Supervision Population

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4849

Home Prices Update: November 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 22, 2020 - Previous recessions have had disparate effects on home prices: they were largely unaffected by the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2001, while in the late 2000s the collapse of the housing bubble was the single biggest factor that led to the financial crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/602

Home Price Update: October 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2021 - Previous recessions have had disparate effects on home prices: they were largely unaffected by the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2001, while in the late 2000s the collapse of the housing bubble was the single biggest factor that led to the financial crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/714

California Student Aid Commission Spending Proposals Under Governor’s Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/616

Did California Enter a Recession Last Fall? [EconTax Blog]

Oct 3, 2023 - (This measure of taxable sales excludes fuels and certain online sales.) Meanwhile, State 's Unemployment Rate Has Climbed   The state 's unemployment rate, shown below,  has climbed quickly since last summer, triggering the state version of a real-time recession indicator known as the Sahm Rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/785

Home Prices Update: April 2021 [EconTax Blog]

May 20, 2021 - Previous recessions have had disparate effects on home prices: they were largely unaffected by the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2001, while in the late 2000s the collapse of the housing bubble was the single biggest factor that led to the financial crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/656

Districts' Pension Contribution Rates and Amounts [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/651

^[PDF] We also found that the appraisal function is often too closely

We also found that the appraisal function is often too closely linked to the acquisition process of the land-acquiring agency—a party that has a strong interest in the outcome of the acquisi- tion. This brings into question the objectivity of the appraisal process.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/res_appraisals/res_appraisals_101807.pdf