CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - Moreover, incubators are only one of many strategies that states and businesses can use to try to spur economic development. Additionally, once incubators are developed, it is difficult to prove that the affected entrepreneurs and businesses would not have otherwise emerged through other avenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - …And Private Residents and Businesses. Residents and businesses also will incur costs related to climate adaptation. For instance, as extreme weather events become more common, employers will have to implement adaptation measures to ensure worker safety and minimize the loss in labor productivity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Business and Travel Reimbursement. Consistent with what CalHR has done with other bargaining units, the proposed agreement would tie the business and travel reimbursement rates available to Unit 10 members to those established by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Business and Travel Reimbursement. Similar to what CalHR has done with other bargaining units, the proposed Unit 5 agreement would link the state ’s business and travel reimbursement policy for Unit 5 to the rates established by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - ETP Grants Could Support Upskilling, but Not Are Likely to Grow or Diversify Workforce … ETP provides grants to businesses to train their existing workers. ETP grants do not directly encourage businesses to hire new workers or do so in a way that diversifies their workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - “Administrator of the Day ” Pay Differential for Attorneys Who Are on Call for Specific Departments Outside Business Hours. Due to the 24-hour nature of some state operations, state attorneys, on occasion, must be available to respond to events that occur outside of normal business hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4619

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals $10 $1,380 CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; and GO ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Under Federal Repayment Plan, Businesses Repay Federal UI Loans Over Time. Under federal law, for states with federal UI loans outstanding, the federal UI tax rate on employers increases by 0.3  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

The 2022-23 Budget: State Payments on the Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

Feb 15, 2022 - Businesses Set to Pay Add ‑On Federal UI Tax Beginning in 2023. To repay the federal loans, the federal UI payroll tax rate on employers will increase by 0.3  percent for tax year 2022. However, employers will not pay this higher rate until 2023  when employers remit their 2022 federal UI payroll taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4543