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

Feb 11, 2022 - Visit California has a marketing plan that would exhaust the remainder of the $95  million in the current year. The organization also may have additional tourism marketing expenditures above the $95  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 20, 2024 - ISRF loans have exceeded $60  million multiple times in recent years ($95  million in 2018-19 and $86  million in 2022-23), which points to a need for additional cash, perhaps around $50  million, should they wish to avoid turning away eligible borrowers in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - ” The Review of Economics and Statistics 95(2). Bollinger, Christopher, Barry Hirsch, Charles Hokayem, and James Ziliak (2019). “Trouble in the Tails? What We Know About Earnings Nonresponse 30 Years After Lillard, Smith, and Welch. ” Journal of Political Economy 127(51).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package ma de two changes to ABLE account rules to conform to 2017 changes in federal law. The first change was to allow beneficiaries of ABLE accounts that have their own income to contribute amounts up to the federal poverty level to their own ABLE accounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4100

The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program

Mar 27, 2017 - Recognizing this uncertainty, we estimated a range of values in which the effect of SCAPAP is likely to fall (a 95  percent confidence interval). This range includes zero as well as some positive values.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3632

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - Taken together, these facts suggest that many loans are de facto additions to board members ’ staff in excess of budgetary authority. LAO Recommendation Use Provisional Language to Restrict Board Members ’ Use of Resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program

Oct 8, 2018 - Between 1994 ‑95 (the first year for which the SCO has data) until program suspension in 2008 ‑09, collections exceeded the costs of disbursements and administration by an average of $ 1  m illion per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3885

California’s First Film Tax Credit Program

Sep 29, 2016 - (We caution that this result is not statistically significant at a 95  percent confidence level. This means that we cannot rule out negative, zero, or somewhat larger positive effects.) Production Budgets May Have Increased Somewhat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3502

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

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, several proposals would establish new programs that might require additional feedback from stakeholders to determine key de tails, such as program guidelines and allocation criteria. Before the Legislature takes any action on these proposals, it will be important to require the administration to provide additional information to ensure the requested funding will be implemented according to its priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540