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

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget provides $3.5  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 (and $10  million annually from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26) for DMV to lease dedicated commercial drive test centers in the Bay Area and northern Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - Consequently, we advise the Legislature to treat July  1st fuel tax changes as an “early action ” item to resolve in advance of the main budget package. Slightly Lower Prices at the Pump. Available  evidence suggests that lower excise taxes likely would result in lower retail prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation Conventional Buses vs. ZEBs. The ZEB exemption, the ICT regulation, and various other policies make a distinction between conventional buses and ZEBs. Conventional buses burn diesel, compressed natural gas, or other fuels that emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other air pollutants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January

Dec 6, 2016 - Some Local Governments Will Have Higher Minimum Wages on January 1st … The initial increase to $10.50 per hour will affect workers in most parts of the state. In some places, however, local governments have already raised their minimum wages above $10.50 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3512

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We assess the pseudo-out-of-sample prediction errors for each specification using the monthly CPS from January to December 2022 as our training set and the monthly CPS from January to December 2023 as our test set.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Two notable events account for the volatility seen in Figure  3, namely COVID ‑19 and the 2023 SAG ‑AFTRA and Writer ’s Guild of America strikes, which coincide with the sharp decreases observed in 2020 and 2023 respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Apply Means Testing. Another option is to require means testing to determine eligibility for the exclusion. The Legislature could set an income threshold under which a child ’s income would have to fall to be eligible for the inheritance exclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 Background Bradley-Burns Tax Provides Funding for Cities and Counties. California ’s sales tax rates vary across cities and counties, ranging from 7.25  percent to 11.25  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

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

Feb 20, 2024 - Testing an expansion of the traditional California Competes model may have been reasonable a few years ago when the state was flush with resources. In today’s environment, however, it is not prudent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 [Publication Details]

Sep 16, 2025 - Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5074