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

Feb 23, 2026 - Second, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Chapter  269 (AB  573, Rogers). This law will raise the annual license fee from $265 to $450 on July 1, 2026. It also authorized CDTFA to make further fee adjustments to cover program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Extend the Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax. California ’s Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax (PTET) allows certain businesses to elect to pay additional corporation taxes at a rate of 9.3  percent on qualified net income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - After a period of relative calm in the mid ‑ and late ‑1990s, California faced another series of years with acute budget problems following the dot ‑com bust and ensuing recession. Although the dot ‑com bust was relatively mild in economic terms, it hit the California budget —which is particularly reliant on the Bay Area ’s technology sector —especially hard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal Executive Summary Voters Passed Gann Limit in 1979 to Constrain Government Spending. In the wake of Proposition  13 (1978) —the landmark initiative that limited local property taxes —voters passed another measure that limited the spending side of government operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In 2023, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed two industry-specific minimum wages: one for fast-food chains (Chapter  262 [AB  1228, Holden]), and another for health care facilities (Chapter  890 [SB  525, Durazo]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In the 2023-24 session, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Chapter  849 (AB  3218, Wood) and Chapter  462 (SB  1230, Rubio). These laws require the Attorney General to establish a list of unflavored tobacco products to simplify enforcement of the flavor ban.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - As seen in the figure, the median impact fees were roughly $5,000 per permit in cities that passed a parcel tax between 2000 and 2014. In comparison, those cities that did not propose a parcel tax or failed to pass a parcel tax had median impact fees of over $12,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497

California’s First Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2016 - California’s First Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details] California’s First Film Tax Credit Program Format: HTML Description: In this report, as required by law, we evaluate the economic effects and the administration of the first film tax credit program passed in 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3502

The 2018-19 Budget: California’s New Tax Departments

Apr 4, 2018 - In June 2017, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed A B  102 . This law created two new departments —CDTFA and OTA —and transferred all of BOE ’s statutorily assigned duties to these new departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3796