The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Office of Emergency Services The budget provides $4.5  billion for the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), primarily from federal funds and the General Fund. This amount represents a decrease of $4.2  billion (48  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Although the two sets of estimates presented above are based on different approaches and different time periods, a coherent story emerges. Low-wage workers tend to be younger than mid-to-high-wage workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - However, since the lag between the credit agreement and the outcomes of interest can be up to several years, we do not yet have the economic data to evaluate the most recent rounds of awards. Credit Recapture and Recycling Credits Can Be Reclaimed if Milestones Not Met or Maintained.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Operating Deficit Emerges Assuming Suspensions Do Not Take Effect. As shown in Figure  4, the operating surplus under the Governor ’s budget is roughly $ 400  m illion in 2023 ‑24. This assumes, however, that the suspensions take effect, reducing General Fund spending by $2. 2  b illion in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - These state subsidies would supplement federal subsidies already available to some households and would provide new subsidies to some relatively higher ‑income households that currently do not currently qualify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - Some Types of Economic Stimulus Would Be Counterproductive Until Public Health Emergency Resolved. Stimulating economic activity that would increase the risk of spreading COVID ‑19 would be counterproductive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - The data do not tell us who received each donation. Some patients likely received more than one donation in 2024, so this total likely overstates the number of distinct patients. For example, if a patient received six donations in 2024, then the transaction total includes that person six times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - This channel would still result in Hollywood becoming more diverse and representative but would do so by concentrating more diverse productions in California rather than increasing diversity in the industry as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - The Governor may call a budget emergency in two cases: ( 1)  i f estimated resources in the current or upcoming fiscal year are insufficient to keep spending at the level of the highest of the prior three budgets, adjusted for inflation and population (a “fiscal budget emergency ”) or ( 2)  i n response to a natural or man ‑made disaster.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - They can do this in two ways. The first way is encouraging retailers to locate within their borders. The second is encouraging retailers to shift the legally-defined place of sale without changing the location of any real economic activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074