California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Roughly one-quarter have some college education but do not hold a bachelor ’s degree. In contrast, roughly three-quarters of mid-to-high-wage workers attended college, and half hold a bachelor ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Although there were variations in the provisions contained in the various agreements, generally, the agreements sought to achieve budgetary savings by (1) essentially holding flat salary costs through Personal Leave Program 2025 and (2) suspending the employer and, in most cases, employee contributions to prefund retiree health benefits for at least two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - The state ’s economic policies should reflect the fact that many workers hold relatively low-wage jobs through middle age and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Whether the worker holds multiple jobs. The worker ’s gender. The worker ’s race/ethnicity. Using the Model to Estimate Percentiles. We consider five different specifications of the model for Figures 3 and 7, and four different specifications for Figures 4, 5, and 6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Policies formed under this orientation tend to emphasize holding down business costs. Second, pressure from the federal oversight agency to avoid errors encourages the state to conduct lengthy reviews.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - Ultimately, all changes in state spending are legislative decisions as the Legislature holds the constitutional power of appropriation. That said, in some cases, the legislature has delegated its authority such that some spending changes can be made without specific legislative deliberation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - If the Legislature moves forward with a proposal like the Governor ’s, we suggest it include a mechanism to hold the MHSF harmless. Federal Tax Policy Is Especially Uncertain at This Time. The recent transition of the federal administration and shift of control in the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327