Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Updating the California Necessities Index Criteria In our search for a replacement for the CNI, we first restrict our attention to options that meet two  requirements. Feasibility. First, new measures must be calculable using publicly available data that is published in a timely manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Visit California has a marketing plan that would exhaust the remainder of the $95  million in the current year. The organization also may have additional tourism marketing expenditures above the $95  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2024-25 Budget: Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development

Feb 20, 2024 - ISRF loans have exceeded $60  million multiple times in recent years ($95  million in 2018-19 and $86  million in 2022-23), which points to a need for additional cash, perhaps around $50  million, should they wish to avoid turning away eligible borrowers in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Subsidized employment programs (often known as transitional employment) aim to increase employment among target populations by simultaneously (1)  providing training and job search services to workers and (2)  prioritizing jobs for participants or lowering costs through employer subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - ” The Review of Economics and Statistics 95(2). Bollinger, Christopher, Barry Hirsch, Charles Hokayem, and James Ziliak (2019). “Trouble in the Tails? What We Know About Earnings Nonresponse 30 Years After Lillard, Smith, and Welch. ” Journal of Political Economy 127(51).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4