The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - When enacted, the budget assumed annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26 that was expected to grow to roughly $2  billion General Fund by 2028-29 across three departments —California Departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Health Care Services (DHCS), and Social Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

Mar 6, 2019 - This increase would be a flat $500 for every worker with income under $28,000, then phase out between $28,000 and $30, 000 o f income at a rate of $ 1 o f credit for each $ 4 o f income. (This phase out range would be fixed until 2022 and would be adjusted for inflation thereafter.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3960

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - Figure 1 Comparing Recent California Economic Scenarios Percent Change Unless Indicated Target federal funds rate (percent) 1.6 S &P 500 (annual average) 2,612 73 61 a An economic growth scenario based on Moody ’s Analytics ’ April 2018 U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - As local governments reach these new goals, an additional $ 500  m illion would be available to cities and counties for general purposes. Middle ‑Income Housing Loans. The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 500  m illion General Fund to expand the California Housing Finance Agency ’s (CalHFA ’s) Mixed ‑Income Loan Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - The administration estimates that this change would reduce state tax revenues by about $500  million over several years. LAO Comments Proposal Consistent With Previous Legislative Action. Assembly Bill  80 partially conformed state law with federal tax treatment of other federal pandemic ‑related economic relief programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

Tax Credit Expansions in the American Rescue Plan

Apr 13, 2021 - Child Tax Credit Under prior law, the CTC provided filers with income below $200,000 ($400,000 for joint filers) a credit of up to $2,000 for every dependent from ages 0 to 16, and up to $500 for dependents 17 and older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4410

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook

May 12, 2018 - Under our economic scenario, the S &P 500 drops by about 8 percent in 2019. Accordingly, estimated net capital gains decrease to about $135 billion in 2019 and remain around that level through 2022. Corporation Tax (CT) Revenues Up Significantly in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3830

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - In 2018, more than 75  p ercent of total income from S corporations and partnerships went to filers with more than $500, 000 o f income. Taxpayers with incomes over $500, 000 m ake up about 2  p ercent of all taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - From 2017  to 2021, around $500  million in credits ($275  million from Program  2.0) have been claimed against corporation taxes. Over the same time period, around $300  million in credits were claimed against the sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713