The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Allowed GO-Biz to consider job training opportunities as a factor when awarding credits. All three of these changes could have contributed to the trend shown in Figure  2 if (1)  The 25  percent rule was favoring smaller businesses above better-qualified applicants from larger firms, (2)  larger businesses provide better evidence on how the credit affects their decision-making,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 19, 2026 - The Commission determined that Los Angeles County incurred reimbursable costs processing deferment requests and adding the required disclosure to property tax bills. The Commission determined that the county incurred a total amount of about $30,000 in back-year costs (incurred between 2022 and 2024), and about $8,000 in ongoing costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - The behavioral health training requirement is not contingent upon districts receiving funding from the state. If there is insufficient revenue in the GVPSS Fund to cover the cost of this training, districts would likely need to cover the costs using their general-purp ose funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Finally, while not explicitly mentioning diversity, the Pilot Career Pathways Training Program, which provides training and pathways into relevant employment, is stated to target individuals from underserved communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The training campus would build on an existing CWDB ‑funded training partnership at the ports. Under its longstanding workforce training model, the CWDB convenes training parties and funds a portion of the total training costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Feb 28, 2023 - “Do public employment and training programs work? ” IZA Journal of Labor economics 2 (2013): 1 ‑23. Hollenbeck, Kevin, and Wei ‑Jang Huang. “Net impact and benefit ‑cost estimates of the workforce development system in Washington State. ” (2017).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Expand Export Training Network. $2  million, one time, to expand an existing program in the international affairs and trade unit of GO ‑Biz that helps business owners export their products to other countries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - California has more than 200 transit agencies operating vehicles such as buses, trains, ferries, and paratransit vans. Local governments, such as cities, counties, and local transit authorities, generally own and operate these agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890