The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - Over the last few years, two key measures of the licensing program ’s enforcement activities have declined. The number of inspections conducted in 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 52  percent lower than in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Mar 18, 2025 - The 2022-23 budget provided $25  million one-time General Fund for the program within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) to be spent in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Grant Applications Were Evaluated by Contractor REDF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 20, 2024 - California Competes has been the state ’s primary tool in this area the last couple of years. Around one-third of California Competes grants across 2022-23 ($30  million) and 2023-24 ($51  million) went to semiconductor companies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance The 2022‑23 Budget Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance Summary. This post provides background on federal COVID ‑19 business assistance programs and describes the Governor ’s proposal to modify state tax laws as they relate to some of these grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Note: This report was prepared in fulfillment of the reporting requirements of Chapter  114 of 2021 (S B  144 , Portantino). Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - From 2018 to 2022, five of the state ’s 21 large transit agencies did not acquire any ZEBs. Either these agencies must ramp up ZEB purchases substantially, or they must qualify for one of the ICT exemptions described in the “Background ” section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

The 2020-21 Budget: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)

Mar 20, 2020 - The Governor ’s main CDTFA cannabis tax proposal includes two parts: An augmentation of $8.4 million in 2020-21, $8.2 million in 2021-22, and $8  million in 2022-23 and ongoing from the Cannabis Tax Fund to administer the cannabis tax program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4205

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - (For example, we estimate that the Governor ’s proposal would increase gasoline consumption in 2022 ‑23 by roughly 0.1  percent to 0.2  percent.) Second, the state ’s cap ‑and ‑trade program sets a limit on GHG  emissions across various sectors through 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Tax Changes

Oct 5, 2020 - The budget package postpones the expiration of existing sales tax exemptions for menstrual products and children ’s diapers from January 1, 2022 to July 1, 2023. This change is expected to reduce General Fund revenue by roughly $18  million in 2021 ‑22 and $35  million in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4270

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970