1998 Cal Facts California's Economy

Asia Accounts for Large Portion Of California's Exports 1997 One of the major risks to California's economic outlook involves the impact of Asia's financial and economic problems. Problems in Asia are of particular importance to California since nearly one-half of California's exports are to Japan and other Asian countries (primarily those on the Pacific Rim ).
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/98calfacts_economy.html

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - In the same month, the average prices per metric ton of marine gas oil in the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region were $837 and $786, respectively. Maritime Fuel Deliveries. To estimate California deliveries of residual fuel oil (a major type of maritime fuel), we combine data from a couple of sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - We apply this method to monthly CPS data from January 2022 through December 2023 to construct the estimates that appear in Figures 3 through 7 in the post Is California’s Minimum Wage High, Low, or Somewhere in Between?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Figure  3 shows that most low-wage workers live in households without any children under 18. Roughly 20  percent live with one child, 15  percent with two children, and fewer than 10  percent with three or more children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As shown in Figure  3, our estimates suggest that the share of workers in low-wage jobs declines by more than one-third between the ages of 25 and 32. This decline suggests that a substantial share of workers spend just a handful of years in low-wage jobs before moving on to mid-to-high-wage jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As shown in Figure  3, although California ’s nominal minimum wage has doubled over the last decade, the hourly wage gap between low-wage (10 th percentile) workers and average (median) workers has barely changed over that period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

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

Cal Facts 2006 State Economy

Almost 60 percent of foreign-born Californians are from Latin America, while another one-third are from Asia. About 4.6 million (46 percent) are from Mexico, the largest source of foreign-born Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/cal_facts/2006_calfacts_econ.htm

^[PDF] Cal Facts 2006: California's Economy and Budget in Perspective

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https://lao.ca.gov/2006/cal_facts/cal_facts_2006.pdf

2000 Cal Facts California's Economy Part 1

After pausing in 1998 and 1999, sales to foreign markets jumped by more than 20 percent in 2000, as demand from Asia's markets rebounded and trade with Mexico soared. Mexico is now California's largest export market, having surpassed Japan in 1999.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/calfacts/2000_calfacts_economy_part1.html