The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Together, these features help mitigate the so-called “windfall effect, ” in which businesses receive incentives for activity that would have occurred absent the subsidy. Finally, agreements include recapture provisions that allow GO-Biz to reduce or reclaim credits if recipients fail to meet hiring or investment commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - These fee increases, which are estimated to generate about $50  million in new revenue through 2027-28, are designed to help DFPI address a significant structural deficit in the Financial Protection Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $30  million General Fund, one time, for grants to make operational and process improvements at the state ’s ports to help alleviate supply chain problems. Grants Might Help Implement Common Standard for Freight Data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - For instance, providing tax refunds to registered vehicle owners would be an excludable activity and therefore help the state meet its SAL requirements. In contrast, reducing fuel excise taxes would not because those revenues are already excluded from the SAL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Although a federal surcharge on businesses will help repay the federal loan, the surcharge cannot help the state build reserves after the loan is repaid. This is because the surcharge turns off once the loan balance reaches zero.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

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

Feb 28, 2025 - If Protecting Market Share a Priority, Use of Benchmarks Would Help Improve Fiscal Oversight of Credit. If the Legislature elects to expand the credit, utilizing explicit benchmarks that compare the desired market share to the state ’s current position would help improve fiscal oversight of the credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

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

Feb 15, 2022 - …But Could Prove Helpful Over Long ‑Term. In theory, the new campus could help port workers adopt new practices and technologies more rapidly in the future. The campus also might help encourage more workers to enter the port workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Industry Building Capacity: helping to increase an inclusive and qualified workforce and qualified vendor and supplier base in all areas that contribute to motion picture production in California. Supplier Diversity: contracting with qualified vendors, including but not limited to catering companies, accounting firms, equipment rentals, and postproduction houses, owned and operated by individuals from socially and economically underrepresented groups to support production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - Lower fuel taxes would help people who buy fuel. Future highway projects would help people who drive on highways. These two groups overlap heavily, but there are some key differences. The people who likely would gain the most from a fuel tax holiday are those who purchase a lot of fuel relative to their use of state highways —because they mostly use surface streets, or their vehicles consume a lot of fuel, or both.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing - Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing [Video]

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing - Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing [Video] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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