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

Feb 15, 2022 - These two centers would each consolidate three existing testing locations. (Currently, the testing locations proposed to be consolidated lack sufficient dedicated space for commercial drive tests.) The two centers would also create additional capacity for 300 additiona l commercial drive tests per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Broadly, the biggest category consists of e-commerce distribution centers. Fuel suppliers are another large category, accounting for 20  percent of the total. Substantial Rebates in Many Counties … As shown in Figure  2, 2023-24 rebate payments varied across counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24 [Publication Details]

Sep 16, 2025 - Some of California's local governments offer partial sales tax rebates to try to boost the amount of taxable sales within their borders. In 2023-24, these rebates totaled $140 million. In this post, we describe the distribution of rebate payments across cities and counties. We also examine some economic and demographic characteristics of rebate-paying jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5074

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Tax System Has Not Withstood the Test of Time Tax System Dates Back to 1984. California ’s state ‑federal UI program was first enacted after the Great Depression. The state ’s modern UI  tax system dates back to 1984, when the state instituted a new tax system to conform with federal UI changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Among many other provisions, the law established the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and Natcast. The NSTC is a cooperative public-private effort to advance semiconductor research and development (R &D).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Technical Assistance Expansion and Capital Infusion Programs Technical Assistance Expansion Program (TAEP) Helps Fund Business Training and Consulting Centers. TAEP provides supplemental financial support to a wide range of federally contracted and state supported programs —such as Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), Women ’s Business
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Subject to Legislative Appropriation $50.0 CDE Program or activities (such as physical security improvements and school ‑based mental health services) addressing risk factors for gun violence affecting K ‑12 students. 3 15.0 JC Court ‑based firearm relinquishment grant program to facilitate removal of firearms and ammunition from individuals who become prohibited from owning or possessing them
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We assess the pseudo-out-of-sample prediction errors for each specification using the monthly CPS from January to December 2022 as our training set and the monthly CPS from January to December 2023 as our test set.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Finally, California and New York ’s programs tend to stand out as having the most additional requirements such as diversity and workforce development plans, although the tax credit programs outside the U.S. that we analyzed do have cultural tests relating primarily to hiring a certain number of local crewmembers and/or executives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000