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

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - In July 2024, Natcast and the Department of Commerce officially launched a site selection process for three flagship R &D facilities. Through this process, they discussed prospective sites with economic development organizations, such as the GO-Biz in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Notably, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission —rather than CPUC or local elected officials —generally oversees the transmission portion of electricity rates, as transmission infrastructure can cross state lines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - However, pilot outcome measures have not been officially proposed or selected. Questions for the administration on this topic could include: Has the administration had further conversations with the federal government or stakeholders on the selection of pilot outcome measures or the associated benchmarks and targets?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978