The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - In 1986, voters approved Proposition   58 —a legislative constitutional amendment —which excludes certain property transfers between parents and children from reassessment. A decade later, Proposition  193 extended this exclusion to transfers between grandparents and grandchildren if the grandchildren ’s parents are deceased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

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

Mar 18, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $25  million in 2025-26 for GO-Biz to support capital expenditures incurred during the development of the DCF. After Natcast incurs these expenses, it could submit requests for reimbursement to GO-Biz until July 31, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2025 - The Governor’s budget includes several proposals under the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). In this post we evaluate and provide recommendations for three of these proposals: California Competes Grants, California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program, and CHIPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5018

The 2020-21 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2020 - Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO ‑Biz) Leads State ’s Economic Development Activities. Several small units of GO ‑Biz serve as points of contact for businesses considering relocating to or expanding in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4187

The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - CAC indicates that funding would be allocated to grantees representing all 58 c ounties and that it would target funds to certain communities most impacted by COVID ‑19, including historically marginalized communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - At the time this post was prepared, the Chief Justice also approved numerous emergency orders requested by the Supreme Court, each of the state ’s six Courts of Appeal, and 54 of 58 trial courts. These orders made various changes in the way the courts requesting them operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, for example, 85 of 150  mandatory reporters (57  percent) met the DVBE participation goal while 58 (39  percent) did not. (Seven, or 5  percent, made no reportable awards.) Ensuring Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been a Focus Ensuring That Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been an Historical Challenge With Violations Ranging From Inadvertent to Fraudulent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - However, Go ‑Biz was unable to provide us with business ‑level demographic data on grant recipients. (We understand that Go ‑Biz cannot request this data from Lendistry because it was not part of the original contract with the entity.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2020-21 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 7, 2020 - Funding would support stipends of roughly $10,000 annually for two years for each participating county (up to all 58 c ounties). Administrative Support ($500,000). Funding would support administrative costs for the two pilots described above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4148

The 2017-18 Budget: Military Department

Feb 10, 2017 - Of the funding amount proposed for CMD in 2017-18, $147  million is from the Public Buildings Construction Fund associated with lease revenue bonds for the Headquarters Complex, $58  million is from the General Fund, and the remainder is mostly from federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3555