Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - (These decisions will depend in part on whether PG &E participates or not.) Depending on these decisions, the effect on the state ’s cash balances could be relatively significant or not. What Will Happen in the Next Recession?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - Regulatory soft cap: $10  million of exemption per year (roughly $115  million of equipment). Statutory hard cap: $200  million of equipment per year (roughly $8  million of exemption). How to claim.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

Taxation of Sugary Drinks

Nov 26, 2018 - As shown in Figure  2, some soft drink taxes apply only to sugary drinks, while others apply to artificially sweetened drinks as well. If the primary goal of an excise tax is to improve health, then the decision to omit artificially sweetened drinks should depend on an assessment of the health effects of consuming those drinks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3903

Perspectives on the Economy and Demographics 2004-05 [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - The U.S. and California economies are entering 2004 with significant momentum which we believe will continue through the budget year. The one major exception to the generally upbeat economic picture is employment growth, which continues to lag despite major gains in consumer and business spending and output in the economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1090

Perspectives on the Economy and Demographics 2006-07 [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2006 - Despite a slowdown in the final quarter of the year, the U.S. and California economies generally outperformed expectations in 2005, shrugging off soaring energy costs, rising interest rates, and the impacts of three major hurricanes on Gulf Coast states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1388