Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - Zoning Implements the General Plan Zoning Is the Primary Tool for Implementing the General Plan. Cities and counties enact zoning ordinances to turn the broad policy goals outlined in their general plans into property ‑specific requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - State Opportunity Zone Benefit Could Shift Investment to California, but Would Give Windfalls to Investors. Because Opportunity Zone investments can be made anywhere in the country, California ’s Opportunity Zones are competing with zones in other states for investment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

The 2019-20 Budget: Tax Conformity

Mar 6, 2019 - Opportunity Zones Certain Economically Distressed Areas Identified as Opportunity Zones. The 2017 federal tax changes established Opportunity Zones to increase investment in certain economically distressed areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3959

An Overview of California's Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit [Publication Details]

Dec 30, 2003 - An Overview of California's Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1068

The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

Mar 15, 2018 - California comprehensively overhauled its economic development incentive programs in 2013 b y replacing the “Enterprise Zone ” programs with three new tax provisions: Manufacturer ’s Sales Tax Exemption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3784

The 2017-18 Budget: California Competes Tax Credit

Feb 27, 2017 - Chapter 69 of 2013 (AB 93, Committee on Budget) eliminated state economic development programs known as Enterprise Zones and replaced them with several new economic development programs. One such program —the California Competes tax credit —provides tax credits to select businesses on a case-by-case basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3586

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - For example, in our analysis The 2019‑20 Budget: Opportunity Zones , we argued that creating a new state Opportunity Zone program to fund affordable housing would add an unnecessary layer of complication to the financing of affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

Review of the California Competes Tax Credit

Oct 31, 2017 - (It was common to collectively refer to all of these programs as “Enterprise Zones. ”) The intent of the EZ programs was to use the state ’s tax code to increase economic opportunities for the people living and working in economically distressed areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3709

The 2018-19 Budget: California Competes Proposal

Feb 21, 2018 - The Legislature overhauled the state ’s economic development incentive programs in 2013 by replacing the “Enterprise Zone ” programs with three new tax provisions: Manufacturer ’s Sales Tax Exemption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3759

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Of this amount, $ 250  m illion could support various local government activities, like conducting planning and making zoning changes. As local governments reach these new goals, an additional $ 500  m illion would be available to cities and counties for general purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916