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

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

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - Importantly, assessing these models ’ reliability can be difficult because there often are major practical barriers to checking the assumptions and predictions against real ‑world outcomes. For example, differentiating a particular policy ’s effect on employment from the variety of other complex factors that drive employment changes is very difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - (Workers were listing date, month, year as is customary in many parts of the world.) EDD sent these applications to manual review. In response, the department improved its online application to reduce confusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615