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

Feb 19, 2026 - The Commission determined that Los Angeles County incurred reimbursable costs processing deferment requests and adding the required disclosure to property tax bills. The Commission determined that the county incurred a total amount of about $30,000 in back-year costs (incurred between 2022 and 2024), and about $8,000 in ongoing costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, the program combines quantitative performance metrics, such as the ratio of projected investment and job creation relat ive to the amount of credit requested, with qualitative assessments by program staff regarding whether the credit is likely to be a meaningful factor in the applicant ’s decision to expand or locate in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Community Land Trust Property Tax Exemption

Dec 20, 2024 - The Board of Equalization has requested information from counties about community land trust properties each year since 2020. Results from this survey are summarized in Figure  1. These results are somewhat limited, as some counties responded in some years and not others and other counties did not respond at all.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4946

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

Feb 20, 2024 - This request would describe the project, the amount of grant funding requested, and GO-Biz ’s efforts to exhaust all alternatives. Grants funds could then be made available upon JLBC approval. Such contingent funding could be capped at $30  million, which is enough to support two projects based on recent award amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4846

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

Mar 18, 2025 - After Natcast incurs these expenses, it could submit requests for reimbursement to GO-Biz until July 31, 2027. Analysis GO-Biz Plans to Support DCF in Multiple Ways. As we understand it, the administration ’s successful bid for the DCF included a few key elements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The total request is for $450 million General Fund, over three years: $100 million in 2023‑24, $100 million in 2024‑25, and $150 million in 2025‑26. Proposal Lacks Important Details. This  proposal does not provide a detailed justification for the amount of funding requested or the criteria that would be used to make the grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Once the administration has finalized and provided to the Legislature the details of this grant proposal, the Legislature should consider whether the request is an appropriate use of state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Many workers had already run out of benefits, giving them little reason to respond to EDD ’s requests. Other workers may have given up in frustration after trying unsuccessfully to send in documents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

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 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - Consistent with this, the Governor ’s budget includes a request from FTB for $4.5  million in 2023 ‑24 and seven positions to prepare itself to implement refundable business tax credits in general. FTB anticipates additional costs specific to administration of a refundable film tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713