The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - It should be noted that the empirical evidence for the program ’s effectiveness is based on awards made in the first few years of the program (grey shaded area in Figure  2). Therefore, it is plausible that employment effects could be different in more recent rounds of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 23, 2026 - In practice, allocating tax and fee program costs based on indirect benefits can create several problems: The spillover effects of each program on all other programs can be very difficult to quantify credibly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132