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

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

May 12, 2019 - The state funds various types of subsidized child care for low-income families, but the number of eligible children typically exceeds the number of “slots ” funded by the state. Due to this shortfall, the state fails to assist part of the targeted population and creates an inequity between those who receive slots and those who do not.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - The remainder of this section describes how these mechanisms are used across different categories of spending. In some areas, the state budget automatically adjusts for inflation using these mechanisms, whereas in other areas it does  not.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

May 11, 2019 - Given the mixed evidence regarding the benefits of similar policies and the existence of better mechanisms to fund affordable housing, we recommend rejecting the Governor’s proposal to create a state Opportunity Zone tax benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

The 2024-25 Budget: Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development

Feb 20, 2024 - If the Legislature is concerned that existing incentives could be insufficient to attract CHIPS Act projects to California, it could consider setting up a contingent funding mechanism for California Competes grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - First, a strong mechanism exists for rec apturing credits from firms that do not meet their investment and employment milestones. Second, the evaluation process includes a quantitative component that rewards providing more jobs and investment per dollar of credit and a qualitative component where GO-Biz staff can potentially identify proposals that would not occur in California, absent the credit, and filter out those that would occur independent of a credit award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2020-21 May Revision: Revenue Proposals in the 2020-21 May Revision

May 20, 2020 - Alternative uses of the forgone revenue, such as child care slots, could provide more substantial assistance to families with the greatest financial needs. LAO Recommendations on Governor ’s Proposals Consider Modified Version of NOL Suspension.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4238

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The draft regulations also likely would affect a number of other Medi ‑Cal financing mechanisms, potentially resulting in additional state General Fund costs —and large operating deficits —in the billions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - However, in the state ’s system, both mechanisms have broken down. Each year, between 10  percent and 40  percent of employers reach the maximum UI tax rate, capping their contributions despite their benefit costs exceeding those contributions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943