December 2023 SSC Closes Out 2023 DOF Reports on Projected Revenue Shortfall IRS Announces Standard Mileage Rates for 2024 PPIC Survey Finds Economic Anxiety Among Californians Federal Funds Rate Held Steady 2023 Legislative Year Wrap-Up Inflation Continues to Cool UCLA Economists Continue to Predict Slow Growth Economy Fast Food Minimum Wage Fuels Local Salary Demands LAO Issues Fiscal Outlook CalPERS Employer Contribution Rate Estimates 2022 Tax Receipts Down $26 Billion
November 2023 Speaker Rivas Makes Committee Chair Changes The COLA in Context Statewide Facilities Bond 2024 Prospects BOG Adopts 2024 FON and Reelects Leadership for 2024 Biden Signs Another Stopgap Measure IRS 2024 Payroll and Benefit Parameters COLA Is What?! October Inflation Down Sunset Date Eliminated for Virtual Meetings During Emergencies Don’t Sound the Alarm (Yet)!
October 2023 Representative Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker State Revenues Stable Through September, October is Uncertain Governor Newsom Takes Final Action on 2023 Bills Tax Deadline Comes and Goes New Employee Leave Signed Into Law Inflation Rates Hold Steady Governor Newsom Signs Key Community College Bills Governor Newsom Vetoes Key Community College Bills Fourth Quarter Lottery Apportionment for 2022-23 New Sick Leave Law LAO: Revenues Up, but Deficit Remains Governor Newsom Vetoes AB 1699 UCLA Economists Forecast Slow Growth Economy McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Fill Senate Seat Government Shutdown Averted