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

Mar 18, 2026 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposal to extend the California Competes Tax Credit program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - In particular, the share of awards going to advanced manufacturing firms has greatly increased while the share going to professional services (for example, accounting, legal, and local business services) has significantly decreased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - (Under current law, fees to mitigate the im pact of traffic are often calculated based on vehicle miles traveled —an estimate of the total additional miles driven by all drivers in the area as a result of the project.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Overview GO-SERVE Was Established Through Recent Reorganization. The 2024-25 budget package established GO-SERVE as part of a reorganization of the former Governor ’s Office of Planning and Research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2025 - This post contains assessments and recommendations related to two proposed budget augmentations: the College Corps program and a new Belonging Campaign.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5015

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

Mar 18, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $25  million in 2025-26 for GO-Biz to support capital expenditures incurred during the development of the DCF. After Natcast incurs these expenses, it could submit requests for reimbursement to GO-Biz until July 31, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2025 - The Governor’s budget includes several proposals under the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). In this post we evaluate and provide recommendations for three of these proposals: California Competes Grants, California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program, and CHIPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5018

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

Feb 28, 2025 - One notable outlier to this pattern is a report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, who cla im to find a small fiscal benefit associated with the film tax credit. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation estimates, however, very likely are overstated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - The lack of specific direction means that state departments will need to spend additional time and effort to identify and evaluate what policy changes will be required to achieve the intended outcomes before they can even begin the process of adopting and im plementing those changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - As part of im plementing AB  2083, beginning in 2019-20, the state provided funding to the Department of Developmental Services for 15 staff specifically to coordinate with other local and state agencies serving foster youth with qualifying developmental disabilities who are served by regional centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4