The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Program staff must weigh these possibly competing factors, and the high recapture rate cou ld indicate a relative favoring of high-risk, high-rewards projects. In years where the program is fully subscribed, there is an opportunity cost associated with an agreement that is not fulfilled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 19, 2026 - In discussions with our office, the administration indicated proposing a suspension due to the state ’s challenging budget situation. Under this proposal, Los Angeles County would not receive reimbursement for the required activities unless the mandate was funded (taken off suspension) in a future budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - Chapter  442 directs our office to report three performance indicators: The average monthly maritime fuel price at all domestic and international Pacific seaports. The average monthly maritime fuel price at California seaports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - These indices are based on changes in prices for consumers in the state ’s four largest metropolitan areas, with the California CPI ‑W tracking prices of goods and services bought by wage earners in those areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

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 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The office indicates that the primary goal of this initiative is to “strengthen and coordinate the administration ’s efforts to help communities identify pathways to social connectedness and engagement. ” According to the administration, the funding will be used primarily for developing and implementing a branding public awareness campaign for existing state programs, including programs operated by California Volunteers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - As a result, these two performance indicators are effectively identical. Performance Indicators Shed Little Light on Effectiveness of Exemption. We describe recent trends in transit agencies ’ ZEB acquisition below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - The first excluded variable indicates whether the respondent is in the fourth or eighth CPS rotation group. In a given month, the household ’s rotation group reflects the number of times the survey has contacted them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - In a November 2024 meeting, the Board of State and Community Corrections —which administers the CalVIP program —indicated that they expected to start the grant solicitation process for these funds in February 2025 as they anticipated receiving their first GVPSS allocations in September 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - These estimates are very similar to the numbers in Figure  1, indicating that recent immigration does not explain those age patterns. Rates of Low-Wage Work as Workers Age Although we do not have state-level data tracking specific individuals over long periods of time, the monthly CPS provides reasonably consistent measurements of workers ’ ages and wages every month from 2002 through 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2