California Legislative Analyst (LAO)

Legislature Approves $297.9 Billion 2024-2025 State Budget

June 27, 2024 5:56 pmJune 27, 2024 5:56 pm

The California State Legislature approved the 2024-2025 budget plan on Wednesday night, giving the green light on California spending $297.9 billion beginning on July 1st. For months, Governor Gavin Newsom, Assemblymembers, and Senators have been at odds over how much...

Governor Newsom, Legislature Agree To $297.9 Billion 2024-2025 State Budget

June 24, 2024 12:47 pmJune 24, 2024 12:47 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) announced this weekend that they have agreed to a state budget of $297.9 billion, of which $211.5 billion comes from the general fund. According...

Legislative Analyst and Gov. Newsom Still Disagree on Budget Deficit and Solutions

May 20, 2024 7:51 amMay 20, 2024 7:51 am

The Legislative Analyst’s Office updated spending plan in Gov. Newsom’s revised budget shows a $55 billion budget deficit as opposed to the $27.6 billion figure Newsom presented last week, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The LAO released its latest...

California Borrowed $20.5 Billion From Feds For State Unemployment Payments

May 28, 2021 2:40 amMay 27, 2021 6:52 pm

Not many Californians know that California borrowed $20,501,188,129 billion from the federal government to pay unemployment claims. This loan will be repaid by the state and California employers. The California Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report Wednesday about this loan...

Who Gave Gov. Newsom the Power to Decide Which Jobs Are Essential?

November 28, 2020 4:12 pmDecember 2, 2020 9:03 am

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest half-baked coronavirus lockdown orders, Los Angeles County issued another stay-at-home lockdown order Friday, jerking around businesses in-and-out of “essential” and “non-essential” status: you can still shop at the mall, ride public transit, get your nails...

California’s Ballot Initiative Transparency Act

November 7, 2020 7:10 amNovember 9, 2020 11:22 am

In 2014, then Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg authored SB 1253, which was enacted in late September as Chapter 697. Section 1 of the bill established the act as the “Ballot Initiative Transparency Act.” Section 2 of the bill...

After Locking Down CA Biz Again, Gov. Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring July ‘Small Business Month’

July 8, 2020 1:06 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom just issued a proclamation declaring July 2020, as “California for All Small Business Month.” Yet just last week, ahead of weekend Independence Day celebrations, he ordered beaches closed, ordered the closures of restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms,...