The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - In other words, there is no explicit downside risk of making the award. …But Also Indicates a Possible Trade-Off. However, there is a potential trade-off when considering awarding a credit to an applicant with a higher potential benefit to the state but a lower probability of achieving their milestones, compared to an applicant with a lower benefit but who is more likely to achieve their milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - In other words, paradoxically, businesses ’ improving reserve balances moved them to lower tax rate rungs within the F+ schedule, which had the effect of lowering state UI tax rates, as shown in Figure  5 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In other words, we estimate the 10 th percentile hourly wage for men to be roughly 5  percent to 10  percent higher than the 10 th percentile hourly wage for women. This wage gap is smaller than national estimates, though still substantial.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In particular, its accuracy depends on the assumption that outcomes for nonrespondents are “conditionally missing at random. ” In other words, if the method used to construct the weights misses major systematic differences between respondents and nonrespondents, then the resulting estimates potentially can be quite inaccurate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Since 2010, California ’s share of employment has decreased from over 54  percent to 46  percent as of 2023, becoming particularly volatile over the last few years. Recent Disruptions Have Negatively Affected Filming Activity in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In other words, opportunity costs are the answer to the question: What other state programs would have been funded if the stimulus program had not been created and what would have been the benefits of those other programs?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The effectiveness of the 2010 ‑2020 Innovation Hub initiative has not, to our knowledge, been evaluated. The administration did not study the Innovation Hub programs before providing new funding for Inclusive Innovation Hubs last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 28, 2023 - At  the peak in 2010, 45 states had a film tax incentive. In the wake of the Great Recession, a number of states eliminated their programs. Nonetheless, 37 states currently have active film tax  incentives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - However, the notice wording may encourage businesses to respond. The notice states “ACTION REQUIRED ” and “Failure to respond may result in an increased employment tax rate and employer penalties. ” As a result, businesses may respond to the notices when they do not dispute the claim, causing unnecessary delays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615