California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Finally, we described how we matched household types to apartment types for the analysis of housing costs. Strengths and Weaknesses of Data Sources Primary Data Source: Monthly Current Population Surveys (CPS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Fair market rent is the 40 th percentile of the rent distribution for a given apartment type (such as studios or two-bedrooms). We make these comparisons for seven different types of households, matching each household type to an apartment type that is modest but sufficient to avoid overcrowding (see the Appendix for details).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - New Minimum Wages for Certain Types of Employers. In 2023, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed two industry-specific minimum wages: one for fast-food chains (Chapter  262 [AB  1228, Holden]), and another for health care facilities (Chapter  890 [SB  525, Durazo]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In discussions about minimum wages, policymakers often express differing views about mobility out of low-wage work. Some view low-wage jobs largely as entry-level stepping stones to higher-wage jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As shown in Figure  5, roughly half of low-wage workers work at least 40 hours per week at their primary jobs. (In the CPS, roughly 4  percent of California ’s low-wage workers indicate that they hold multiple jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

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

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Key information might include: (1)  the types of ports jobs that have historically been difficult to fill; (2)  the training background and experience needed for these jobs; (3)  the types of ports jobs that likely will be needed in the future; and (4)  the gap, if any, between the current workforce and the projected needs for future port operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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

Feb 28, 2025 - For example, estimates of local employment multipliers, which attempt to measure the total increase in local jobs due to investment in specific industries, find that motion picture, video, and sound recording have roughly average multipliers compared to other sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast plans to ramp up the facility ’s design and prototyping work over time, once it renovates the facility to enable those types of activities. Governor ’s Proposal $25  Million for Semiconductor Design Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - As a result, relying solely on the results of estimated jobs or economic output from these types of studies to evaluate a stimulus proposal likely will lead to a n incomplete assessment. …But Studies Still Can Provide Useful Information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331