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

Feb 11, 2022 - The total request is for $450 million General Fund, over three years: $100 million in 2023‑24, $100 million in 2024‑25, and $150 million in 2025‑26. Proposal Lacks Important Details. This  proposal does not provide a detailed justification for the amount of funding requested or the criteria that would be used to make the grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - There were nearly 1, 600 i nitial public offerings in the United States in 2020, a 42  p ercent increase over 2019. With the stock market at all ‑time highs, many other corporations raised capital by selling additional shares of stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $100  million one-time General Fund to backfill anticipated reductions in federal VOCA funding. This amount is similar to the amount provided in 2024-25 ($103  million). These funds support various OES victim grant programs and are intended to allow existing programs to maintain current service levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 18, 2025 - CalOSBA proposes to consider applications from the 100 grantees who were rejected during the first round and suggest that a new round of grants would allow them to expand the grant to these organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Even if revenues perform better than expected, it is still unlikely that revenues will exceed $100  million. Under this scenario, CalVIP would receive its full allocation, but CDE would receive only some funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - The amount of credits available annually under the program has grown from $100  million in 2009 to $330  million as of 2015. The credit can be used to defray corporation, personal income, or sales tax  liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

The 2021-22 Budget: Golden State Stimulus [Publication Details]

Jan 22, 2021 - This handout provides an overview of the Governor's budget proposal to provide a one-time $600 refund to certain low-income workers, evaluates the Governor's proposal, and provides a more targeted alternative for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4317

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Ultimately, more than half of the claims —600 ,000 of the 1.1   million —flagged as fraudulent were confirmed as legitimate. For these workers, the process to reestablish their UI payments took several weeks (during which they received no UI payments).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - For a worker making less —say , for example, minimum wage —employers would pay around $600 per year under this rate. Figure 13 Recommended UI Average Tax Rates Assumes Taxable Wage Base of $46,800 Standard rate
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - The administration estimates that the resulting revenue loss to the state in the budget  year would be  up to $600   million. The proposal would backfill the lost revenues from the diesel sales tax that support transit programs with the General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597