The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Short ‑Term vs. Long ‑Term Strategies. The  current supply chain disruptions are the result of both short ‑term issues, such as greater consumer demand, as well as long ‑term issues, such as the capacity and resilience of the goods movement system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2022-23 Budget: Federal Tax Conformity for Federal Business Assistance

Jan 26, 2022 - California venues received $2.1 billion in SVOG grants. Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance Grants. The SBA directly makes disaster loans to small businesses through its pre ‑existing EIDL program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4501

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage California ’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage Appendix In this Appendix, we describe the data analysis we conducted for our series of posts on California ’s low-wage workers and minimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation Conventional Buses vs. ZEBs. The ZEB exemption, the ICT regulation, and various other policies make a distinction between conventional buses and ZEBs. Conventional buses burn diesel, compressed natural gas, or other fuels that emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other air pollutants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Option D: Discontinue CNI, Replace With Other Published Series. Alternatively, the legislature could decide to retire the concept of the CNI, instead setting benefit rates based on other broader inflation measures calculated for Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

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

Feb 20, 2024 - Testing an expansion of the traditional California Competes model may have been reasonable a few years ago when the state was flush with resources. In today’s environment, however, it is not prudent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

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

Feb 28, 2025 - Finally, California and New York ’s programs tend to stand out as having the most additional requirements such as diversity and workforce development plans, although the tax credit programs outside the U.S. that we analyzed do have cultural tests relating primarily to hiring a certain number of local crewmembers and/or executives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - “Minimum Wage Effects and Monopsony Explanations. ” Washington Center for Equitable Growth Working Paper Series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3