The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In 2018-19, the tax program had 75.6 filled positions, and the licensing program had 64.3 filled positions. In 2023-24, these programs had 53.2 and 41.9 filled positions, respectively. CDTFA has provided two explanations for this decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - From 2011 through 2018, California businesses paid the federal surcharge to repay the loan principal while the General Fund made a total of $1.4  billion in interest payments. After Great Recession, Tax Rates Declined, Worsening an Already Poor Position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

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

Assessing Recent Changes to California Competes

Mar 30, 2020 - LAO Assessment of The Program in 2018‑19 Modified Program Appears to Be Better Targeted. The changes made to the program in 2018 appear to have more narrowly targeted the program to tradable businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4213

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

Feb 20, 2024 - ISRF loans have exceeded $60  million multiple times in recent years ($95  million in 2018-19 and $86  million in 2022-23), which points to a need for additional cash, perhaps around $50  million, should they wish to avoid turning away eligible borrowers in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

Assessing Recent Changes to California Competes [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2020 - In this report we provide background information about the California Competes program and the changes that the Legislature made in 2018. Next, we describe the effects of these changes on the program in 2018‑19, the first year of their implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4213

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Tax and economic development lessons from state motion picture incentive programs. ” The American Review of Public Administration 48.1 (2018): 33 ‑51. Thom, Michael. “Time to yell “cut? ” An evaluation of the California Film and Production Tax Credit for the motion picture industry. ” California Journal of Politics and Policy 10.1 (2018).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Across 2018‑19 to 2020‑21, the administration’s estimates of revenue from the state’s three largest taxes are $34 million (less than 0.01 percent of total collections) above our Fiscal Outlook estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The decline in tourism affects tourism business and, by extension, Visit California ’s assessment revenues, which declined from $124  million in 2018 ‑19 to $76  million in 2020 ‑21. 2021 ‑22 Budget Act Provided $95   Million for Tourism Marketing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529