California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Dutz et al. (2022) use a Norwegian survey to assess the performance of a variety of models that predict survey nonrespon se based on this type of assumption. They find that methods based on conventional econometric models perform at least as well as methods based on machine learning models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

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

Mar 18, 2025 - During the first round of CA RISE grants, REDF rated the 161 ESEs that applied based on the legally required criteria: strength of the business model, employment program model, leadership, and financial stability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, when Proposition  64 (2016) established the excise tax on cannabis, it followed this standard model by authorizing continuous appropriations for the Cannabis Tax Program from the Cannabis Tax Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

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

Nov 16, 2022 - In the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), although the Legislature recently enacted a plan to support rate models developed in a 2019 study (and updated to 2021‑22 levels), under current law, providers would only receive rate adjustments based on future legislative decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In place of learning from the past, other types of economic studies attempt to use models to estimate economic benefits under certain specific assumptions, which may or may not be accurate. This approach has many significant drawbacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - It is unclear that a victim ’s compensation model will translate well to small businesses. Would this program have unintended consequences, such as discouraging businesses from taking precautions to prevent theft or to carry sufficient insurance?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Under its longstanding workforce training model, the CWDB convenes training parties and funds a portion of the total training costs. Training costs might include worker pay during training, costs for curriculum development, and instructor pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - The Governor proposes to increase the total amount of California Competes credits that GO ‑Biz may award in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑ 22 b y $ 90  m illion per year. The administration estimates that the resulting reductions in General Fund revenue would be $ 10  m illion in 2021 ‑22, $ 35  m illion in 2022 ‑23, $ 50  m illion in 2023 ‑24, and $ 85  m illion in later years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327