The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package ma de two changes to ABLE account rules to conform to 2017 changes in federal law. The first change was to allow beneficiaries of ABLE accounts that have their own income to contribute amounts up to the federal poverty level to their own ABLE accounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4100

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - Taken together, these facts suggest that many loans are de facto additions to board members ’ staff in excess of budgetary authority. LAO Recommendation Use Provisional Language to Restrict Board Members ’ Use of Resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Duplicative Requests for Work History. Even though employers are required to report employees ’ wage and work history to EDD, unemployed workers also must independently provide this information to EDD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

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

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, several proposals would establish new programs that might require additional feedback from stakeholders to determine key de tails, such as program guidelines and allocation criteria. Before the Legislature takes any action on these proposals, it will be important to require the administration to provide additional information to ensure the requested funding will be implemented according to its priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

Mar 15, 2018 - The existing credit is intended to provide an incentive for businesses to hire individuals who, because of their personal history, may have difficulty entering the workforce or developing employment skills.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3784

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - The State’s Cash Position Is Now Very Strong After a long history of cash problems over several decades, the state ’s cash position is now very good. After decades of issuing RANs nearly every year, the state has not issued a RAN since 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - As with car insurance, for example, where premiums are adjusted based on an individual ’s risk profile (that is, driving history), experience rating aims to adjust employers ’ tax rates based on their “risk ” of future layoffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - While growing up in California results in lower future earnings for low–income children on average , there is a great de al of variation in these outcomes at a local level. Within California, growing up in a particular county can increase or decrease a child’s future annual income by a couple of thousand dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - First, we provide background on the Gann Limit, including a discussion of its history and explanation of the complex calculations required by Proposition  4. We then describe the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596