^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

For example, one city estimates cardroom payments are about 70 percent of its General Fund revenues. „ At the same time, tribal-state compacts changed to allow for sports betting could require additional tribal payments to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Some scenarios are unfavorable ones, while others are more favorable (see Figure  2 ). In an unfavorable scenario, for example, the state could face a series of more moderately sized recessions in close proximity to one another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Provides New Ways to Reduce Illegal Online Sports Betting „ Creates new ways to reduce illegal online sports betting, such as (1) requiring people who place online sports bets with any unlicensed entity to pay the state a penalty equal to 15 percent of the amount that they bet and (2) authorizing a $1,000 penalty for each day this money is not paid.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - State regulations ordinarily allow substitute teachers to work continuously in one assignment for a maximum of 30 days. For the 2021 ‑22 school year, substitute teachers may work continuously in one assignment for 60 cumulative days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative. California vs. Hate is a non-emergency hotline and online portal that allows state residents to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Most notably, the measure requires tribes and technology businesses to pay a one-time initial license fee of $10  million and a license renewal fee of $1  million every five years. Gaming companies would be required to pay a one-time initial license fee of $100  million and a license renewal fee of $10  million every five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

The Effects of Minimum Wages on Employment [EconTax Blog]

Dec 15, 2016 - As described in our recent blog series , a law passed in 2016 specifies a sequence of increases in California’s statewide minimum wage. Under this law, the minimum wage will increase from $10 per hour to $10.50 per hour in 2017, eventually reaching $15 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/225

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in its outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

^[PDF] Online sports wagering.

Most notably, the measure requires tribes and technology businesses to pay a one-time initial license fee of $10 million and a license renewal fee of $1 million every five years. Gaming companies would be required to pay a one-time initial license fee of $100 million and a license renewal fee of $10 million every five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210494.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - This year, for example, our outlook reflects our best estimates of the effects of H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the state budget but does not make assumptions about future federal policy changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091