The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - While the characteristics of awards made by GO-Biz vary significantly within any given year, there has been a noticeable shift in the number and average size of awards over time: Figure  2 shows the number of awards made and the average credit amount per agreement for each year of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - There is no fixed number of inspections that must be conducted. Instead, the right number of inspections depends on costs and benefits —some of which, like deterring illegal activities and promoting fair competition, can be very difficult to quantify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - The funding levels for some programs, particularly in health and human services, depend on a combination of changes in their number of participants (caseload), the costs per enrollee (price), and the intensity at which participants use services (utilization).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - With a limited number of people looking for jobs, competition among employers for workers is high. This competition typically forces employers to pay higher wages to attract new workers. Rising wage costs, in turn, cause businesses to raise th eir prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 24, 2025 - Number of Patients Served. In 2024, licensees identified 30,215 transactions as medicinal donations. The data do not tell us who received each donation. Some patients likely received more than one donation in 2024, so this total likely overstates the number of distinct patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5059

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Focusing on these areas, Figure  3 displays the distribution of rebate payments across jurisdictions, weighted by the number of residents. One-sixth paid less than $1 per resident. Another two-thirds paid $1 to $20 per resident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis [Publication Details]

Jun 24, 2025 - Chapter 837 of 2019 (SB 34, Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis. The law directs our office to submit an annual report containing data on three outcomes related to the exemptions: the number of medicinal cannabis patients served, the amount of medicinal cannabis products donated, and the amount of tax revenue lost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5059

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In contrast to inspections and citations, the number of tobacco seizures grew by 3  percent. CDTFA reports that it has developed a more targeted approach, focusing the diminishing number of inspections on retailers who are more likely to be out of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966