LAO Fiscal Outlook Legislative Analyst’s Office November 27,

LAO What Is the LAO?  Created in 1941  Nonpartisan, Independent Staff to the Legislature  Provides Fiscal and Policy Analysis— Particularly on Budget-Related Matters 1

LAO May Revision 2012  Ended in Deficit  Projected Budget Gap  Total Actions Needed = $15.7 Billion 2

LAO State General Fund Budget Spending by Program,

LAO Actions to Close the Budget Gap 4 (In Billions) Amount Tax Revenues From Proposition 30$8.5 Related Proposition 98 Increase -2.9 Other Revenues 0.4 Expenditure Actions 4.6 Borrowing/Funding Shifts/One-Time Revenues 5.8 Total Solutions $16.4

LAO Key Things to Watch: Risks in Budget Plan  Proposition 30—$8.5 billion  RDA funds—$3.2 Billion  Revenues 5

LAO The State’s General Fund: Revenues 6

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LAO November LAO Fiscal Forecast  Forecast Revenues for Five Years  Forecast Expenditures for Five Years  Subtract 9

LAO A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 10

LAO Home prices now recovering after steep decline 11

LAO Building Activity is forecast to recover 12

LAO Taxable sales are forecast to grow modestly 13

LAO Jobs in California Recovering Slowly 14

LAO LAO projections of GF Condition is no corrective actions are taken 15

LAO Forecasted Operating Surpluses Beginning in

LAO Upcoming LAO Publications  Updated Local Government Timeline  Property Tax Primer  Insufficient ERAF  Cal FACTS 17

LAO Other Resources  First name. Last Marianne O’Malley Brian Uhler (local finance) Chas Alamo (sales and property tax forecast)  Legislative Analyst’s Office: