The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - What steps has the administration taken to improve recruitment and retention of tobacco enforcement personnel? What additional steps could be taken? What will happen if CDTFA cannot expand its tobacco enforcement workforce despite its growing responsibilities?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Since these agreements were finalized in 2022 and 2023, and grant milestones are spread out among the five subsequent years, it is still unknown at this point what fraction will ultimately be claimed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - This policy, which we refer to as “non ‑charging, ” had the effect of substantially lowering employers ’ tax rates relative to what they otherwise would have been. As shown in Figure  6 , absent the non ‑charging policy, we estimate that average tax rates would have been above 5  percent rather than around 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - What We Know About Earnings Nonresponse 30 Years After Lillard, Smith, and Welch. ” Journal of Political Economy 127(51). Dutz, Denis, Ingrid Huitfeldt, Santiago Lacouture, Magne Mogstad, Alexander Torgovitsky, and Winnie van Dijk (2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - The administration estimates this proposal would have an associated General Fund cost of roughly $9  billion, but the actual cost would depend on what vehicle value threshold is established for providing refunds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

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

Nov 16, 2022 - High inflation has resulted in delays as developers have needed to spend more time securing additional capital—above what was originally anticipated—to finance the projects before construction can begin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - California’s UI Program What Is Unemployment Insurance? The state ’s UI program provides weekly wage replacement to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The state ’s EDD oversees and operates UI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

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

Feb 11, 2022 - These include: What Types of Damages and Losses Would Be Covered and How Much Would Be Covered by the Grant? The range of damage that could be covered by smash ‑and ‑grab robberies and retail theft incidents is quite broad.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The  proposal also does not specify whether the state and CWDB would commit to funding training costs at the campus and, if so, at what cost and over what time frame. Building Campus Would Mark New Role for State in Workforce Training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In other words, opportunity costs are the answer to the question: What other state programs would have been funded if the stimulus program had not been created and what would have been the benefits of those other programs?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331