The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2024. Number of Patients Served. In 2024, licensees identified 30,215 transactions as medicinal donations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Since the 2024 ‑25  budget package implemented similar restrictions, this trend will likely continue for the next few years. Mix of Productions Shifts Towards Television. Figure  7 shows the types of productions that were awarded tax credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - From 2023 to 2025, at least 25  percent of the buses purchased by large transit agencies in each calendar year must be ZEBs. From 2026 to 2028, the ICT imposes a similar 25  percent requirement on small transit agencies while raising the requirement for large transit agencies to 50  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Chapter  231 provides flexibility for CDE to use its share of GVPSS monies to contract with other entities or to provide grants directly to school districts to enhance school safety. The 2024-25 budget package required CDE to set aside up to $35  million of its 2025-26 GVPSS allocation for providing youth behavioral health training to staff who work directly with students in grades 7 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - This approach yields an estimate of 8.6  million barrels for fiscal year 2024-25. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - As a result, the Legislature would need to address this additional budget problem as part of the 2024 ‑25 budget process. (This would add to the double ‑digit budget problem for 2024 ‑25 already projected under both our and the administration ’s estimates, as we describe below.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics - Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics [Video]

Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics - Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics [Video] Search LAO Videos Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics November 10, 2016 In this short video Chief Deputy Legislative Analyst Jason Sisney and Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst Carolyn Chu highlight the LAO report  Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics .
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Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 13, 2024 - In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2023. Number of Patients Served. In 2023, licensees identified 43,574 transactions as medicinal donations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4912

Effect of Returning to Historical Estimated Tax Payment Schedule

Feb 27, 2023 - As a result, the net impact on 2024 ‑25 and later years would minimal. Changes to Constitutional Budget Requirements. The revenue shift described above would result in changes to the state ’s constitutional minimum funding requirement for schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4722