The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - For example, spending a greater share of the General Fund budget on environmental projects means less money is available for other state priorities, such as education, health care, or adding to reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - Similarly, if the Legislature wanted to increase the amount of training corpsmembers receive by expanding access to existing training programs and/or adding new ones, there would likely be additional General Fund costs to pay for the training (and reduction in reimbursements).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Specifically, the survey found that 23  percent of respondents earn $30,000 or less; 19  percent earn between $30,001 and $60,000; 15  percent earn between $60,001 and $90,000; and 11  percent report earning between $90,001 and $120,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Instead, the incentives to develop AMMP projects rely on potential revenues from selling value ‑added manure products or cost savings from using products to offset expenditures. Value ‑added manure products include soil amendments and compost made from separated solids.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Take Into Account Time Value of Money. The analyses should apply a reasonable discount rate that takes into account that dollars in the future are worth less than those today. Evaluate Key Alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Typically, the first step that rate ‑setting entities take is to determine the amount of money the utility should be allowed to recover through rates to support the main components of the electricity system and other activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures

May 16, 2016 - How Do CZ Recycling Centers Make Money? As shown in Figure 2, CZ recyclers earn money from two main sources: the sale of collected scrap material and payments from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund (BCRF) —processing payments, handling fees, and administrative fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3466

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - These households would have otherwise spent the money on some other economic activity. Similarly, businesses might have otherwise used the money to increase wages for existing jobs, invest in new technologies, or expand production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911