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

Feb 28, 2025 - Despite making up only 1.4 percent of California’s total economic output, the state’s motion picture industry is one of its most iconic, particularly given its heavy concentration in Hollywood and Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943