California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - When organizations conduct surveys, many of the people they contact do not provide complete responses. Some decline to respond to the survey altogether ( “unit nonresponse ”), while others respond to most parts of the survey but decline to answer certain questions ( “item nonresponse ”).
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The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - The prominence of advanced manufacturers among credit recipients is consistent with the intent of the program, since (1)  these types of facilities can locate in many parts of the United States, making tax incentives a potential deciding factor, and (2)  they tend to provide relatively well-paid jobs, which increases the competitiveness of their applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - If most low-wage jobs were stepping stones to higher-wage jobs, then we would expect most low-wage workers to be young. Cohort-Level Mobility Over Time. In the second approach, we use CPS data from 2002 through 2023 to track the how the rate of low-wage work changes over time for cohorts of workers born in the same year.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Funding another round of California Competes grants could create jobs at a time when private sector job growth has been sluggish. However, we recommend viewing grants as a supplement to the California Competes tax credit rather than a core part of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Weekly hours among part-time low-wage workers vary substantially, with many working less than half-time and many others working nearly full -time. Among Low-Wage Workers, Men More Likely to Work Full-Time Than Women.
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California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - “The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs. ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134(3). Clemens, Austin, Kavya Vaghul, John Schmitt, and Will McGrew (2019). “Interactive: Comparing Wages Within and Across Demographic Groups in the United States. ” Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
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California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - The first part of this report describes low-wage workers' occupations, genders, races/ethnicities, birthplaces, household structures, educational attainment, and weekly hours. The second part focuses on low-wage workers' ages. The third part compares the statewide minimum wage to various benchmarks to assess whether it is high, low, or somewhere in between.
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The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Governor ’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation The 2024-25 budget package established the Governor ’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) as part of a reorganization of the former Governor ’s Office of Planning and Research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 19, 2026 - This is because the county has already performed the state-required activities and, even given the current budget climate, the cost to the state (a total of about $30,000 one time) is minimal. 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
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Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - As part of this overall response, the Legislature also may consider using a portion of these funds for one‑time fiscal stimulus. In addition to the general guidance above, we suggest the Legislature consider several additional unique factors related to the COVID‑19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331