Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/790

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/790

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 30, 2023 - AB 195 established a “baseline ” level of annual funding for these programs and included some mechanisms intended to maintain funding at the baseline. Most notably, AB 195 appropriated $150 million General Fund to backfill funding shortfalls if cannabis revenues came in lower than expected in 2022-23 or 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/781

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 30, 2023 - AB 195 established a “baseline ” level of annual funding for these programs and included some mechanisms intended to maintain funding at the baseline. Most notably, AB 195 appropriated $150 million General Fund to backfill funding shortfalls if cannabis revenues came in lower than expected in 2022-23 or 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/781

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Called on residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15 percent (relative to 2020 levels) in summer 2021. 2022 Chapter 679 (SB 1157, Hertzberg) Made amendments to AB 1668, including tightening indoor residential water use standards used in water use objectives. 2023 Chapter 849 (AB 1572, Friedman) Prohibits use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on CII landscapes, phasing in the prohibition from 2027 to 2031.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Chapter  32 established a requirement for county superintendents to prepare a summary of how the COE plans to assist all school districts within the county. The plan describes actions the COE will take in approving all LCAPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

Evaluation of the Better for Families Tax Refund [Publication Details]

Apr 1, 2024 - Submitted in accordance with Section 7(b)(1) of Chapter 51 of 2022 (AB 192, Committee on Budget) that directs our office to evaluate the extent to which the Better for Families tax refund helped families meet the demands of inflation during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4891

Supplemental Report of the 2011-12 Budget Package

(b) The agencies ' progress in developing a Sustainable Communities Strategy for the Lake Tahoe basin, as required under Chapter 728, Statutes of 2008 (SB 375, Steinberg), and Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006 (AB 32, Núñez and Pavley), and any changes in state agency policies or practices needed to further develop and accomplish the goals of the plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/supp_report/supp_report_2011.aspx

^[PDF] State "Pickup" of Employee Retirement Contributions

"Accumulated retirement contributions" 4 means the sum of all member' contributions and all 5 member contributions paid by the employer pursuant to 6 Section 22804.5 with credited interest but' does not 7 include accumulated annuity deposit contributions and 8 accumulated tax-sheltered annuity contributions. 95 80 -28- AB 1265 . 1 SEC. 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1985/01_85_state_pickup_of_employee_retirement_contributions.pdf

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - Background State Currently Operating 32 Prisons. As of January  17,  2024, CDCR was responsible for incarcerating a total of about 93,900   people —89 ,100  men, 4,200 women, and 600  nonbinary people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852