California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We make this comparison across several different types of h ouseholds, with varying numbers of adults and children: For a single parent with three children, the statewide minimum wage is right around the poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As described in the Appendix , various aspects of the data make our estimates imprecise, though we have tried to make them as accurate as possible. Age Distribution of Low-Wage Workers in 2023 Definition of Low-Wage Workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - All three of these changes could have contributed to the trend shown in Figure  2 if (1)  The 25  percent rule was favoring smaller businesses above better-qualified applicants from larger firms, (2)  larger businesses provide better evidence on how the credit affects their decision-making, and (3)  larger firms are more likely to have, or participate in, job training programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As described in the Appendix , various aspects of the data make our estimates imprecise, though we have tried to make them as accurate as possible. Largest Low-Wage Occupations Definition of “Low-Wage Occupation. ” We define low-wage occupations as occupations with a median hourly wage no greater than $17.50 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - For our analysis, key strengths of the CPS include: Individual-level microdata are publicly available, enabling a high degree of customization. Responses to the wage, earnings, and hours questions are relatively precise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

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

Feb 19, 2026 - In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandates should be (1)  repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), (2)  suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), (3)  modified, or (4)  funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130

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

Feb 23, 2026 - Department ‑Level Perspective. The administration appears to have approached this issue by trying to “work within CDTFA ’s budget. ” Viewed through this department ‑level lens, one could argue that spending General Fund on the Cannabis Tax Program makes sense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Over the last decade, two statutes —Chapter  351 of 2013 (AB  10, Alejo) and Chapter  4 of 2016 (SB  3, Leno) —gradually have increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Conformity

Oct 17, 2019 - (For example, it was previously possible to exchange the ownership of a copyright on a piece of music for the copyright on a different piec e of music.) Like-kind exchanges for real property, such as land and buildings, are still allowed for all CT and PIT filers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4100

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - On the other hand, adopting option C, which uses the national estimate for changes in the prices of household fuels and other utilities, would make it more likely that large changes in prices of household fuels and other utilities are reflected in the CNI, but may reflect changes happening at the national level, not in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065