The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to extend the California Competes Tax Credit program in its current form for an additional five years through fiscal year 2032-33. Analysis Program Trends Award Characteristics Have Changed Over Time.
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California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - The F-statistic for this pair of regressors in the response equation generally is between 33 and 35, depending on the specification. The full-time median estimates in Figure  6 are the exception: when we limit the sample to full-time workers only, the F-statistic is around 22 to 23.
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The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - Tax and economic development lessons from state motion picture incentive programs. ” The American Review of Public Administration 48.1 (2018): 33 ‑51. Thom, Michael. “Time to yell “cut? ” An evaluation of the California Film and Production Tax Credit for the motion picture industry. ” California Journal of Politics and Policy 10.1 (2018).
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