The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - High Recapture Rate Can be Seen as a Feature … On one hand, high recapture rates can be seen as not a significant issue, and even a sign that the program is working as intended: Companies are incentivized by a tax break if they manage to achieve agreed-upon job and investment targets, but if they fail to do so, the state incurs no expense since the credit is never claimed or is paid back to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - How could the department could modify its approach to enforcement to manage this situation? 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/4966

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - In some other areas of the budget, the state provides lump sum amounts —sometimes referred to as block grants —to other entities of government, which those entities manage as part of their own budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Even  if the state manages to repay the pandemic ‑era loan before the next recession, little or no reserves would be on hand at the start of that  downturn. Loans Will Become a Permanent Feature of UI and a Major Ongoing State Cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - These regulations provide some examples of the many options available to CAEATFA and to the Legislature for managing awards within the $ 100  m illion annual cap. Figure 4 Recent Regulations Try to Manage Awards Within Cap Reduced “soft cap ” on individual awards from $20  million to $10  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - The department ’s 100 ‑page guidebook for employers, titled Managing Unemployment Insurance Costs , clarifies that businesses are an “important branch of the UI program partnership. ” (This partnership does not include workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

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

Feb 11, 2022 - We are not raising concerns with this proposal because management and general administrative expenses typically follow increases in departmental programmatic responsibilities. 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/4529

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Furthermore, the Legislature might want to inquire about how port worker unions and the port authority manage labor supply and sup port new hiring and training. Identifying and Addressing Other Potential Causes of Workforce Shortage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540