The 2026-27 Budget: State Mandate—Disclosure Requirements and Deferral of Property Taxation

Feb 19, 2026 - The Commission determined that Los Angeles County incurred reimbursable costs processing deferment requests and adding the required disclosure to property tax bills. The Commission determined that the county incurred a total amount of about $30,000 in back-year costs (incurred between 2022 and 2024), and about $8,000 in ongoing costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, the program combines quantitative performance metrics, such as the ratio of projected investment and job creation relat ive to the amount of credit requested, with qualitative assessments by program staff regarding whether the credit is likely to be a meaningful factor in the applicant ’s decision to expand or locate in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Community Land Trust Property Tax Exemption

Dec 20, 2024 - The Board of Equalization has requested information from counties about community land trust properties each year since 2020. Results from this survey are summarized in Figure  1. These results are somewhat limited, as some counties responded in some years and not others and other counties did not respond at all.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4946

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

Feb 20, 2024 - This request would describe the project, the amount of grant funding requested, and GO-Biz ’s efforts to exhaust all alternatives. Grants funds could then be made available upon JLBC approval. Such contingent funding could be capped at $30  million, which is enough to support two projects based on recent award amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

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

Mar 18, 2025 - After Natcast incurs these expenses, it could submit requests for reimbursement to GO-Biz until July 31, 2027. Analysis GO-Biz Plans to Support DCF in Multiple Ways. As we understand it, the administration ’s successful bid for the DCF included a few key elements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - We recommend that the Legislature appropriate $400,000 less than the administration has requested for 2017-18. In particular, we recommend that the Legislature reject the requested funding for the communications and outreach resources described above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609

The 2017-18 Budget: California Competes Tax Credit

Feb 27, 2017 - California Competes allows companies to request a credit against the corporation tax (CT) or the personal income tax (PIT) in exchange for meeting specific hiring and investment goals over a five-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3586

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The total request is for $450 million General Fund, over three years: $100 million in 2023‑24, $100 million in 2024‑25, and $150 million in 2025‑26. Proposal Lacks Important Details. This  proposal does not provide a detailed justification for the amount of funding requested or the criteria that would be used to make the grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Once the administration has finalized and provided to the Legislature the details of this grant proposal, the Legislature should consider whether the request is an appropriate use of state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540