The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - The NSTC is a cooperative public-private effort to advance semiconductor research and development (R &D). Natcast is the nonprofit organization in charge of the NSTC. Natcast Currently Relies on Federal Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Additional funding is available through the the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), which provides incentives to public and private entities to buy zero-emission, heavy-duty trucks and buses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - An increase in public spending may also “crowd in ” (encourage) or crowd out (displace) some private ‑sector spending and investment. Such private sector responses further affect the size of the multiplier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The beneficiaries would primarily be private, for ‑profit companies. We note that if adopting common data standards would significantly alleviate supply chain congestion, there would be a clear private ‑sector interest in paying to implement the recommendations using their own  funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - For some service‑based programs, the state pays specific rates to private and nonprofit entities to deliver services to program beneficiaries. Examples of provider rates include child care vouchers, Medi‑Cal managed care payments, and developmental service provider rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences [Publication Details]

Mar 17, 2015 - We advise the Legislature to address this housing shortfall by changing policies to facilitate significantly more private home and apartment building in California's coastal urban communities. See our February 9, 2016 follow up to this report: Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3214

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - This program allowed eligible businesses to borrow funds from private lenders. If the businesses met certain conditions, such as maintaining specified employment and compensation levels, they could then apply to the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) through their lender to have the loans forgiven.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

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

Feb 15, 2022 - In  some cases, state special funds, or local, regional, and private funds, may be more appropriate sources of funding. Lack of Key Details. Many of the proposals lack important details on cost justifications, workload estimates, and implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

They make recommendations to the Legislature to address this housing shortfall by changing policies to facilitate significantly more private home and apartment building in California 's coastal urban communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=20&videoId=138