The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The number of inspections conducted in 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 52  percent lower than in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Over the same period, the number of citations issued dropped by 24  percent. These drops are particularly striking given that staff concerns about COVID-19 exposure likely diminished substantially over that period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

Assessing Recent Changes to California Competes

Mar 30, 2020 - Chapter  52 also reduced the total amount of new credits that GO ‑Biz may allocate in any fiscal year, from $ 200  m illion to $ 180  m illion. Applicants Must Demonstrate How Credit Will Create New Jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4213

An Update on California’s Cash Management Situation

Aug 31, 2020 - (For comparison, in 2018-19, the state collected roughly $52  billion over these three months). However, revenue receipts did not fall as dramatically as expected —the state received $23.5  billion from these sources in April through June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4266

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - For this comparison, we assume that each adult works for the statewide minimum wage 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, and that the household has no other sources of income. We make this comparison across several different types of h ouseholds, with varying numbers of adults and children: For a single parent with three children, the statewide minimum wage is right around the poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - The administration estimates that the forgone revenue from this exemption will be $12  million General Fund ($26  million total) in 2019 ‑20, $24  million General Fund ($52  million total) in 2020 ‑21, and $12  million General Fund ($26  million total) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040