The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Based on the scope of the contract, the administration now anticipates (1)  savings of $425  million in 2025-26 from two departments ($300  million from DHCS and $125  million from CDCR) and (2)  unknown savings in the outyears.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - “Ready for a close ‑up: The effect of tax incentives on film production in California. ” Economic Development Quarterly 35.2 (2021): 125 ‑140. 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/4713

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - A surcharge could be in the form of a fee or an increased charge to their UI reserve account, such as 125  percent of the claim cost instead of the standard 100  percent. Steps to Simplify Application and Clarify EDD Decisions One clear byproduct of a UI program that does not prioritize getting benefits to eligible workers is that the UI application and ongoing requirements are not user ‑friendly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615