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

Feb 11, 2022 - Expand Business Quick Start Guides. For many years, GO ‑Biz has been producing pamphlets with information to help entrepreneurs set up different kinds of businesses. The proposal would provide $600,000, one time in 2022 ‑23, and $200,000 ongoing to translate the existing guides into languages other than English, expand the number of guides, and to maintain the guides over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - To construct each figure in the posts, we use one of two different strategies to address this item nonresponse problem, depending on the type of statistic we are trying to estimate. The following sections describe these strategies in more detail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - What strategies do CDTFA and other law enforcement partners use to address these avenues for tax evasion? Why has the number of tobacco inspections declined so much? We have seen workload trends presented in terms of total inspections, seizures, citations, and appeals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Long ‑Term Strategies. The  current supply chain disruptions are the result of both short ‑term issues, such as greater consumer demand, as well as long ‑term issues, such as the capacity and resilience of the goods movement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - These findings could guide changes that improve EDD policies and practices. State Auditor Reviews Procedural Rules That Lead to Denials. To learn more about procedural denials, the state will need to learn more about the circumstances that lead to procedural denials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615