The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension California Competes Extension Overview California Competes Provides Incentives to Attract Business Investment. California Competes is an incentive program run by the Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 28, 2025 - California’s Motion Picture Industry California Remains the Largest Player in the U.S. Motion Picture Industry. 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

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Comparing Options to Raise and Lower Taxes [Publication Details]

Mar 24, 2026 - This report lays out various options to raise and lower taxes in California and offers a comparative evaluation of those options in the areas of budgeting, economy, taxpayer experience, progressivity, and fairness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5170

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Conversely, there is also the potential for a selection effect, whereby the version 4.0 requirements cause productions that are more diverse to select into California or productions that are less diverse to select out of California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program [Publication Details]

May 1, 2025 - Chapter 114 of 2021 (SB 144, Portantino) required our office to issue a report summarizing the workforce diversity information collected by the California Film Commission (CFC) and evaluate the effectiveness of the tax credit for increasing diversity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5036

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

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

Mar 18, 2025 - As CA RISE is open to a broader but overlapping target population as LA:RISE and works with many of the same ESEs, CA RISE participants likely had similar characteristics prior to CA RISE participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - To estimate California deliveries of residual fuel oil (a major type of maritime fuel), we combine data from a couple of sources. As suggested by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, we use nationwide estimates of residual fuel oil consumption from the Energy Information Administration and assume that California ’s share of fuel consumption is proportional to its share of U.S. port tonnage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094