The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - If the Legislature is concerned about the potential for a short-term spike in the program ’s fiscal costs, especially in light of the state ’s structural budget issues, some modifications could be considered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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/

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The administration notes that the campus would train new workers, consistent with the longstanding role of CWDB, but also would re ‑train existing workers on how to use emerging port technology (especially related to the adoption of low ‑ or zero ‑emission cargo handling equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

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 - Recent evidence from academic research has found that the California Competes tax credit is fairly effective at increasing employment and providing an economic benefit to the state, especially relative to other tax expenditure programs in California and elsewhere.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - One of the risks of being a “ frontline worker ”—exposure to respiratory disease—became especially salient in the initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Low-Wage Workers ’ Basic Demographics Low-Wage Workers Roughly Half Men, Half Women.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - That research also has found these effects, while small, are especially noticeable among low ‑wage workers. This is because payroll taxes owed on behalf of these workers are relatively large compared to their overall wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - In doing so, however, it is important for the Legislature to weigh the importance of maintaining Hollywood ’s primacy against its many competing priorities, especially in an environment where the Governor ’s budget anticipates shortfalls over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - This is especially true in the Bay Area, where wages are substantially higher than other parts of the state. In such a high-wage region, raising the minimum wage to a level somewhat higher than the statewide minimum wage likely has minimal effects on employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - Federal Tax Policy Is Especially Uncertain at This Time. The recent transition of the federal administration and shift of control in the U.S. Senate create some uncertainty about the future of the $10,000 SALT limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327