Comparing Taxes on Cannabis to Taxes on Other Products in California

Dec 17, 2019 - We estimate that most cannabis purchased with a doctor ’s recommendation is subject both to sales taxes and excise taxes because the purchaser does not have a state-issued medical ID card, resulting in a higher overall tax rate than other medicines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4123

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Download our companion infographic for a quick summary of the issues and recommendations in this report. California’s unemployment insurance (UI) program provides temporary wage replacement to unemployed workers. The state’s UI program financing system is broken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943