The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - While the characteristics of awards made by GO-Biz vary significantly within any given year, there has been a noticeable shift in the number and average size of awards over time: Figure  2 shows the number of awards made and the average credit amount per agreement for each year of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 23, 2026 - There is no fixed number of inspections that must be conducted. Instead, the right number of inspections depends on costs and benefits —some of which, like deterring illegal activities and promoting fair competition, can be very difficult to quantify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - Number of Patients Served. In 2024, licensees identified 30,215 transactions as medicinal donations. The data do not tell us who received each donation. Some patients likely received more than one donation in 2024, so this total likely overstates the number of distinct patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Focusing on these areas, Figure  3 displays the distribution of rebate payments across jurisdictions, weighted by the number of residents. One-sixth paid less than $1 per resident. Another two-thirds paid $1 to $20 per resident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [Publication Details]

Jun 24, 2025 - Chapter 837 of 2019 (SB 34, Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis. The law directs our office to submit an annual report containing data on three outcomes related to the exemptions: the number of medicinal cannabis patients served, the amount of medicinal cannabis products donated, and the amount of tax revenue lost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5059

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In contrast to inspections and citations, the number of tobacco seizures grew by 3  percent. CDTFA reports that it has developed a more targeted approach, focusing the diminishing number of inspections on retailers who are more likely to be out of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

Community Land Trust Property Tax Exemption

Dec 20, 2024 - Figure 1 Community Land Trust Properties in California Number of Parcels Statewide
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4946

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Our  assessment of the available evidence suggests that increasing the size of the credit will increase the number of productions that choose to locate in California. Although some credit recipients would have located in the state regardless, a sizable number would choose to film in other jurisdictions absent the credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 13, 2024 - Number of Patients Served. In 2023, licensees identified 43,574 transactions as medicinal donations. The data do not tell us who received each donation. Some patients likely received more than one donation in 2023, so this total likely overstates the number of distinct patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4912