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

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget distributes to departments ongoing reductions to state operations expenditures of $1.6  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) under Control Section 4.05 (see Attachment 2 of a May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Similarly, had the state entered the pandemic with a similar reserve target ($14 billion in that case), the total federal loan would have reached $9 billion, rather than $20 billion. Total UI Tax Rate Would Be 1.9   Percent Under Current Conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Of the $1.2  billion in awards made between 2021 and 2025, around $650  million, or over half, has been allocated to businesses in advanced manufacturing. This category covers subsectors such as electronics and semiconductors, aerospace, battery technology, and biotechnology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - The operating deficits under our forecast are slightly larger —ranging from $14  billion to $20   billion —compared to those under the administration ’s forecast —ranging from $14  billion to $17  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - Allocation and Use of Tax Credits $3.4   Billion in Credits Allocated Since Program ’s Inception. The CFC has issued over $3  billion in credits to around 700 projects since its inception in 2009. In recent years, the commission has averaged approximately $272  million of credits awarded to 38 separate projects per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - Since the flavor ban, however, revenues have declined much faster, from $1.84  billion in 2021-22 to $1.6  billion in 2022-23, then to $1.35  billion in 2023-24 (not including the new tax on electronic cigarettes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - First, the program received an additional $4  billion to provide through its traditional competitive process. The program awarded this funding to local agencies in the spring of 2023. Second, the program received $4  billion —$2  billion in 2023-24 and $1  billion planned for both 2024-25 and 2025- 26 —to provide on a formula basis to local agencies for capital and/or operational expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - In 2023-24, the Bradley-Burns tax raised $9.4  billion statewide. Of this amount, local governments paid roughly $140  million —1.5  percent —in rebates. This is: $3.50 per California resident. Similar to the amount of Bradley-Burns revenue for the City of Fresno.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - Miller, Keaton and Boyoung Seo (2019). “Tax Revenues When Substances Substitute: Marijuana, Alcohol, and Tobacco. ” Mimeo, University of Oregon. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125