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

Feb 28, 2025 - One notable outlier to this pattern is a report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, who cla im to find a small fiscal benefit associated with the film tax credit. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation estimates, however, very likely are overstated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - (Under current law, fees to mitigate the im pact of traffic are often calculated based on vehicle miles traveled —an estimate of the total additional miles driven by all drivers in the area as a result of the project.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - As part of im plementing AB  2083, beginning in 2019-20, the state provided funding to the Department of Developmental Services for 15 staff specifically to coordinate with other local and state agencies serving foster youth with qualifying developmental disabilities who are served by regional centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - The lack of specific direction means that state departments will need to spend additional time and effort to identify and evaluate what policy changes will be required to achieve the intended outcomes before they can even begin the process of adopting and im plementing those changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - However, we think such an approach would be a more effective inter im solution to reduce costs in 2024 ‑25 while the administration identifies specific one-time and ongoing reductions to include in its 2025 ‑26 budget proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - Although we have attempted to account for each of these factors, such adjustments are im perfect. To  account for the effect of sanctions and lifetime limits, we used administrative data on CalWORKs ‑enrolled families in which only the children are eligible for aid to estimate the corresponding number of ineligible parents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Instead, they would continue to have limited incentives to meet student enrollment demand, offer courses in the modality and during the times of day students prefer, and innovate in ways that im prove student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2020-21 Budget: Structuring the Budget

Feb 10, 2020 - Proposition  2 (201 4) a ims to insulate the budget from revenue declines in several ways. In particular, it sets aside monies —including from capital gains, one of the most volatile components of state revenues —and dedicates them to budget reserves and debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4150