The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, when Proposition  64 (2016) established the excise tax on cannabis, it followed this standard model by authorizing continuous appropriations for the Cannabis Tax Program from the Cannabis Tax Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Over the last decade, two statutes —Chapter  351 of 2013 (AB  10, Alejo) and Chapter  4 of 2016 (SB  3, Leno) —gradually have increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - A Broad Interpretation of “Currently. ” In some cases, the administration appears to interpret currently to include any programs authorized at any time prior to 2016, even if the program was not in place on January  1, 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Estimates

Apr 6, 2018 - Incorporating the final 2016 ‑17 data —as well as our estimates for 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 —reduces state room by $2.5  billion in 2016 ‑17, $1.7  billion in 2017 ‑18, and $610  million in 2018 ‑19 (relative to the administration ’s January 2018 estimates).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3800

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration's Proposition 55 Estimates in the May Revision

May 22, 2018 - Proposition  55 (2016). Proposition  55 (2016) extended tax rate increases on high ‑income earners from 2018 until 2030 (which voters originally passed on a temporary basis in 2012 as part of Proposition  30).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3844

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook

May 12, 2018 - The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook The 2018-19 May Revision LAO Revenue Outlook This post details our General Fund revenue outlook for 2016-17 through 2021-22. Our estimates of General Fund revenues and transfers for the “budget window ” —2016-17 through 2018-19 —are $2.6 billion above the administration ’s May 2018 revenue forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3830

The 2018-19 Budget: California Earned Income Tax Credit Education and Outreach

May 8, 2018 - (Personal income tax returns typically are filed between January and April of the year following the tax year —returns for tax year 2015 are filed in early 2016.) Claims did not significantly increase for tax year 2016, when 385,910 filers claimed the EITC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3826

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - As we described in a 2015 report , BOE administers these tax and licensing programs. 2016 Legislation Made Changes to Licensing Program. In 2016, the Legislature made significant changes to the tobacco licensing program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program

Oct 8, 2018 - SCO began accepting new applications for PTP in 2016 and began making payments to counties on these homeowners ’ behalf for tax year 2016 ‑17. (Santa Cruz County operated its own deferment program through 2015 ‑16, and suspended it after the state reinstated PTP.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3885

Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January

Dec 6, 2016 - Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January December 6, 2016 Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January Statewide Minimum Wage Will Increase On January 1 st . The first minimum wage increase under California’s new law will occur on January 1, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3512