The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Parallel Grant Program Added in Some Years. Because the tax credit is nonrefundable, businesses without a significant California tax liability cannot benefit from the incentive it provides. Two types of businesses fall under this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: State Mandate—Disclosure Requirements and Deferral of Property Taxation

Feb 19, 2026 - The Commission determined that Los Angeles County incurred reimbursable costs processing deferment requests and adding the required disclosure to property tax bills. The Commission determined that the county incurred a total amount of about $30,000 in back-year costs (incurred between 2022 and 2024), and about $8,000 in ongoing costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - According to Ship & Bunker , the average price of marine gas oil (a major type of maritime fuel) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was $781 per metric ton in October 2025. In the same month, the average prices per metric ton of marine gas oil in the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region were $837 and $786, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Most of the revenues pay for child care, environmental protection, and other types of programs. Tobacco Tax and Licensing Programs. The department runs three tobacco ‑focused programs: The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Program administers a $2.87 per pack tax on combustible cigarettes and a 54  percent tax (adjusted annually) on the wholesale cost of other tobacco products, such as e ‑cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Figure  1 displays the amounts of rebates paid to various types of recipients. Broadly, the biggest category consists of e-commerce distribution centers. Fuel suppliers are another large category, accounting for 20  percent of the total.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast plans to ramp up the facility ’s design and prototyping work over time, once it renovates the facility to enable those types of activities. Governor ’s Proposal $25  Million for Semiconductor Design Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Community Land Trust Property Tax Exemption

Dec 20, 2024 - One such type of property is affordable housing built on land owned by a community land trust. Chapter  636 of 2022 (AB  1206, Bennett) modified the rules community land trust properties must meet to qualify for the property tax exemption, making it easier for properties to maintain their exemption when low-income residents experience a modest gain in income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4946

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

Feb 28, 2025 - The drop in California ’s production activity is displayed in Figure  4 , which shows the number of shoot days in the Los Angeles area by year and type of production. The COVID ‑19 effect was short ‑lived and shoot days returned to pre ‑pandemic levels in 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - The CFC ’s new DEIA checklist provides a rubric for the types of DEIA activities that should be enacted and subsequently documented in the DEIA Workplan, Interim Assessment, and Final Assessment. Four  separate categories must be addressed and are evaluated by CFC as part of their determination as to whether an applicant has made a good ‑faith attempt to meet the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036