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

Feb 23, 2026 - The administration appears to have approached this issue by trying to “work within CDTFA ’s budget. ” Viewed through this department ‑level lens, one could argue that spending General Fund on the Cannabis Tax Program makes sense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - High Recapture Rate Can be Seen as a Feature … On one hand, high recapture rates can be seen as not a significant issue, and even a sign that the program is working as intended: Companies are incentivized by a tax break if they manage to achieve agreed-upon job and investment targets, but if they fail to do so, the state incurs no expense since the credit is never claimed or is paid back to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage California ’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage How Long Do People Stay in Low-Wage Work? In discussions about minimum wages, policymakers often express differing views about mobility out of low-wage work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

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

Mar 18, 2025 - As CA RISE is open to a broader but overlapping target population as LA:RISE and works with many of the same ESEs, CA RISE participants likely had similar characteristics prior to CA RISE participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Some research suggests that CPS respondents likely underreport independent contracting work.) Weekly hours among part-time low-wage workers vary substantially, with many working less than half-time and many others working nearly full -time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - Currently, credit recipients must submit a work plan that includes explicit diversity goals and is approved by the CFC. Starting with awards made in 2025 ‑26, a production can receive an additional 4  percent credit if they submit a work plan to CFC and CFC determines that the recipient has made a “good ‑faith effort ” to achieve the goals in the work plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - and Figures 1 and 2 in the post How Long Do People Stay in Low-Wage Work? For these figures, we define low-wage workers as employees who made up to $17.50 per hour at their main job in 2023. Estimate Probit Regressions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Able and Available to Work if Another Opportunity Comes Up. To get benefits initially, and to continue getting benefits each week, unemployed workers must be “able and available ” to work. Workers are able to work if they are capable of performing work in their usual job field.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2024-25 budget package required CDE to set aside up to $35  million of its 2025-26 GVPSS allocation for providing youth behavioral health training to staff who work directly with students in grades 7 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

Mar 6, 2019 - As such, the effect of an EITC expansion on work incentives will be very different in 2023 from what they are in 2019. This table shows how the benefits for working part time and full time would change for a worker with two dependents (both over age six) who works a full year at the minimum wage from 2019 t o 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3960