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

Feb 15, 2022 - Short ‑Term vs. Long ‑Term Strategies. The  current supply chain disruptions are the result of both short ‑term issues, such as greater consumer demand, as well as long ‑term issues, such as the capacity and resilience of the goods movement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Review of the California Competes Tax Credit

Oct 31, 2017 - We also think the resources consumed by the program are not as focused as they should be on winning economic development competitions with other states to attract major employers that sell to customers around the country and the world.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3709

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 Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

Taxation of Sugary Drinks

Nov 26, 2018 - Key Trade ‑Off: Main Policy Goal vs. Other Health Effects. The potential exclusion of 100  p ercent juice illustrates a general trade ‑off in the design of sugary drink taxes. Some sugary drinks contain beneficial nutrients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3903

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - In principle, the best way to estimate this effect would be to examine outcomes in two hypothetical worlds: one where a set of individuals grew up in California and another where those same individuals grew up somewhere else.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - Importantly, assessing these models ’ reliability can be difficult because there often are major practical barriers to checking the assumptions and predictions against real ‑world outcomes. For example, differentiating a particular policy ’s effect on employment from the variety of other complex factors that drive employment changes is very difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - In our November Fiscal Outlook , we found the state has sufficient reserves to cover operating deficits in the event of a typical post‑World War II recession. This finding was based on two important assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - (Workers were listing date, month, year as is customary in many parts of the world.) EDD sent these applications to manual review. In response, the department improved its online application to reduce confusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615