The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recommend Linking Base Increases With Clear, Explicit Expectations. By failing to link base funding increases to clear, specific state spending priorities, the administration effectively relinquishes important budget responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - The negative effects of cannabis appear to be linked in large part to the potency of the products used. Accordingly, a potency ‑based tax is a direct, consistent way to use taxes to discourage harmful use, so it scores well on this criterion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125

A Key Interaction Between Sales Taxes and Other Taxes on Cannabis Retailers

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4124

Comparing Taxes on Cannabis to Taxes on Other Products in California

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4123

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Expands Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4099

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4100

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - After a period of relative calm in the mid ‑ and late ‑1990s, California faced another series of years with acute budget problems following the dot ‑com bust and ensuing recession. Although the dot ‑com bust was relatively mild in economic terms, it hit the California budget —which is particularly reliant on the Bay Area ’s technology sector —especially hard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4038

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

Mar 6, 2019 - Assessment This section first assesses the Governor ’s proposal to link the EITC expansion with state tax law changes. We then lay out criteria the Legislature can use to evaluate an EITC proposal or expansion and then evaluate the Governor ’s proposal using these criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3960