California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - They find that methods based on conventional econometric models perform at least as well as methods based on machine learning models. In light of this finding, we construct weights by estimating probit regressions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

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

Feb 19, 2025 - These funds would be allocated to school districts based on their share of statewide enrollment in grades 7 to 12. The budget package also required school districts to certify by July 2029 that a certain portion of their staff who work directly with students in grades 7 to 12 have received youth behavioral health training at least once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of this post for more information on these budget-wide reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget includes $6  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 for DMV to fund overtime for 200 Licensing Registration Examiners, as well as the necessary office and support staff, so that field offices with wait times of 30 days or more for commercial drive tests can offer additional testing slots on Saturdays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - One reason for this is that the CFC data has a 7  percent nonresponse rate and the propensity for nonresponse is not random across projects, which suggests that the true gender and ethnicity representation is different than what is reported by those who do respond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - Figure  7 shows the types of productions that were awarded tax credits. The most notable change is an increase in the share of credits awarded to non ‑relocating TV shows from 51  percent in the first decade of the program to 59  percent in the credits most recent iteration starting in 2020, with a corresponding decrease in credit allocations for feature films.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As shown in Figure  7, in 2022 and 2023, roughly 10  percent of workers made no more than $16 per hour —the current statewide minimum wage. By this measure, California ’s minimum wage is at the same level typically observed right after past minimum wage increases in the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Then, we multiply this rate by current covered employment and current average weekly benefit amounts to define a “typical benefit cost year. ” This is currently about $7  billion. Standard Rate Would Be 1.4   Percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - Consequently, the Governor ’s proposal anticipates General Fund payments to 2011 Realignment totaling $7. 5  m illion. $24.7   Million Revenue Loss for Local Programs. Aside from 2011 Realignment, the administration ’s estimates suggest that the proposal would reduce local sales tax revenues by $24. 7  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327