Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 21, 2025 - Each month, federal officials survey businesses in the state about their current payroll. These surveys are used to estimate how the total number of jobs in each state changes from month to month. Each March, federal officials correct (or "revise ") the monthly survey estimates to match actual payroll records collected from businesses each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/825

Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 21, 2025 - Each month, federal officials survey businesses in the state about their current payroll. These surveys are used to estimate how the total number of jobs in each state changes from month to month. Each March, federal officials correct (or "revise ") the monthly survey estimates to match actual payroll records collected from businesses each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/825

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 10, 2024 - This relatively flat year-to-year comparison masks the expiration of some limited-term expenditures and carryover balances from prior years, offset by a few augmentations from the Motor Vehicle Account related to information technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4925

COVID-19 Disaster Declarations and Funding Implications

Mar 24, 2020 - At this point, California and federal officials are reacting to a quickly-developing public health emergency. As a result, information on the availability of federal funding —including funding related to the federal emergency and major disaster declarations —is changing rapidly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4210

Annual Revision Shows State Added Few Jobs Last Year [EconTax Blog]

Mar 13, 2024 - Each month, federal officials survey businesses in the state about their current payroll. These surveys are used to estimate how the total number of jobs in each state changes from month to month. Each March, federal officials correct (or "rebench ") the monthly survey estimates to match actual payroll records collected from businesses each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/801

Annual Revision Shows State Added Few Jobs Last Year [EconTax Blog]

Mar 13, 2024 - Each month, federal officials survey businesses in the state about their current payroll. These surveys are used to estimate how the total number of jobs in each state changes from month to month. Each March, federal officials correct (or "rebench ") the monthly survey estimates to match actual payroll records collected from businesses each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/801

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - Once the signature has been verified, election officials open the envelope, extract the ballot, and the vot er ’s selections are tabulated. If a signature cannot be verified, state law outlines a process for county election officials to contact the voter in order to give them an opportunity to verify their signature.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Changes to official student records generally require parental consent and/or the submission of appropriate l egal documents. Parents or legal guardians have a right to access all official student records.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Overview of Adopted Plan)

Jun 19, 2015 - Growth in ongoing programmatic spending, however, is masked by various one-time actions, including one-time spending in 2014‑15 on debt payments and mandate backlog claims, and the end of the “triple flip ” mechanism used to finance the state ’s prior deficit financing bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3279

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Officials under the current administration stated that they have established a process for regularly reviewing ongoing states of emergency. Through this process, they coordinate with state, regional, and local officials to confirm whether the authorities under an ongoing state of emergency are still needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029