The 2022-23 Budget: Temporary Limits on Business Tax Provisions

Jan 26, 2022 - This 2022-23 budget post provides background on temporary limits on the use of net operating loss deductions and business tax credits. It describes the Governor’s proposal to lift these limits one year early and provides some comments to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4500

California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Why Doesn’t California Build Enough Housing? [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - Consequences of California's High Housing Costs [Video]

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California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences - California's High Housing Costs - Overview [Video]

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The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommend that the Legislature adopt a modified version of this proposal and conside r whether new provisional language is needed to prevent such problems from recurring. Background Cannabis Tax Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This change is estimated to reduce state r evenues by $135  million in fiscal year 2025-26 and $85  million annually thereafter. Excludes Wildfire Settlements From State Income Taxation. The budget package provides a blanket exemption for settlements related to any wildfire occurring between tax years 2021 and 2029.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 18, 2025 - The NSTC is a cooperative public-private effort to advance semiconductor research and development (R &D). Natcast is the nonprofit organization in charge of the NSTC. Natcast Currently Relies on Federal Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Assessing Recent Changes to California Competes

Mar 30, 2020 - In their October 2019 r eport to us, GO ‑Biz identified the following examples as reasons to disqualify applicants: The applicant ’s proposed expansion project primarily serves a local market. In our 2017 r eport, we referred to such companies as producing non ‑tradable goods and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4213

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Proposition   55 r equires that funds allocated to Medi ‑Cal by the formula be used to increase funding for existing programs and services in Medi ‑Cal, not supplant existing General Fund support for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - For example, the Legislature could supplement the Governor ’s $ 100  m illion by ( 1)  r olling over unused funds from the 2020 Main Street Credit and ( 2)  r edirecting $ 250  m illion from the Governor ’s California Competes grant proposal to this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327