The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - Direct the administration to make any future adjustments needed to support the program without spending any money from the General Fund. Reduce CDTFA ’s General Fund appropriation by the amount of the department ’s annual General Fund spending on the Cannabis Tax Program (as these funds clearly are not needed).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

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

Feb 20, 2024 - They are concerned that their low cash on hand will prevent them for receiving the lowest possible borrowing costs on their bonds and, therefore, have requested $50  million General Fund to boost their cash on hand and ensure favorable borrowing terms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - While it is reasonable to expect that some workers would make too much money for UI to replace half of their earnings, California ’s benefit levels only meet the federal wage replacement standard for half of the state ’s workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime Grant Program Reversion. To help address the fiscal difficulties facing the state, the budget reverts $50  million General Fund from the Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime pilot program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 18, 2025 - For example, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the state-federal cash assistance program for low-income households, fully or partially subsidizes the wages of selected CalWORKs recip ients for six months to a year in some counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Nov 16, 2022 - In ‑Kind, Cash, and Cash ‑Like Benefits. The  state provides some in ‑kind, cash, and cash ‑like benefits directly to individuals. These benefits include, for example, cash assistance programs like CalWORKs and Supplemental Security Income/State  Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), as well as Cal Grants provided to students for non ‑tuition expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget includes $ 250  m illion one ‑time General Fund to allow the California Competes program to provide cash grants. GO ‑Biz would award grants, instead of credits, using the existing California Competes application and evaluation processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - More specifically, the objective of the program is to influence a business ’s decision to make investments in California that would have been made in another state, or not at all, absent the credit. GO-Biz negotiates individual agreements with each successful applicant, including year-by-year milestones and corresponding credit allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: State Mandate—Disclosure Requirements and Deferral of Property Taxation

Feb 19, 2026 - In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be (1)  repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), (2)  suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), (3)  modified, or (4)  funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - The Governor proposes using the State Highway Account —which funds state highway projects —to backfill money to local governments and to state programs that support local projects to offset the revenue they would lose due to the proposed tax holiday.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528