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

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, in the short term, one ‑time funding for additional commercial drive tests through overtime, as proposed by the Governor, would address the pandemic ‑related increased demand for these licenses needed for commercial trucking in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - The people who likely would lose the most are those who use state highways extensively but purchase relatively little fuel —because they drive electric vehicles (or fuel ‑efficient vehicles more  generally).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - Depending on the magnitude of how much it was to lower fuel taxes, such a price reduction could potentially result in more driving and higher fuel consumption, which in turn could lead to relative increases in GHG emi ssions and other forms of  pollution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - If so, this could make noncompliance more lucrative for businesses, leading to lower compliance, which in turn could drive up the citation rate and seizure rate per inspection. AB  3218 BCP Governor Proposes $3.5  Million in 2025-26 for CDTFA to Implement New Laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - One study used detailed administrative data on applicants and awards to show that tax credit-supported project s are associated with positive employment effects in surrounding areas, consistent with net job creation rather than displacing other existing economic activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: State Mandate—Disclosure Requirements and Deferral of Property Taxation

Feb 19, 2026 - In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be (1)  repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), (2)  suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), (3)  modified, or (4)  funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - Accordingly, we recommend that the Legislature approach the Governor ’s proposals not as one ‑time workload adjustments, but as components of a broader, more sustained effort to address these policy challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes a $5  million one-time General Fund augmentation for College Corps in 2025-26 to expand the program, laying the groundwork for more campuses to operate the program beginning in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - One-sixth paid less than $1 per resident. Another two-thirds paid $1 to $20 per resident. One-eighth paid $20 to $80 per resident. A small but nontrivial portion —1.7  percent —paid more than $120 per resident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

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

Nov 16, 2022 - In one particularly telling, although narrow, example, the California Department and Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reported that one project appropriated in the 2020‑21 budget—a pest eradication capital outlay project—experienced a 25 percent increase in estimated cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647