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

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommended that the Licensing Program be funded exclusively through license fees, which is how it is funded today. LAO Recommendations Approach Proposals as Pieces of a Bigger Policy Puzzle. Cannabis and tobacco compliance present an ongoing policy challenge for the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Even a Substantial Increase in the Taxable Wage Base Would Not Dependably Result in Solvency. As a result of these factors, increases in contributions that result from increasing the taxable wage base would lessen the fund ’s annual operating deficits, but would not dependably result in solvency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

Comparing Options to Raise and Lower Taxes [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5170

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5162

Overview of Efforts to Modernize EDD’s Benefit Systems [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5135

The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5132

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5130

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - As a result, in undersubscribed years the judgment of program staff in determining which projects merit awards becomes especially important to the program ’s effectiveness. Recommendations Approve Extension of California Competes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Over this same period, employer appeals resulted in overturned decisions less often (32  percent of the time) than worker appeals. California ’s employer appeals result in overturned decisions about as often as other states (35  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5094