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

Updating the California Necessities Index [Publication Details]

Aug 14, 2025 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5065

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Therefore, using the CA CPI ‑U or CA CPI ‑W to adjust payments would likely result in significantly different benefit increases in some years relative to the CNI. Small Tweaks to CNI Lead to Only Small Differences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - As a result, these estimates capture the effect of growing up in California in the 1980s and 1990s. However, conditions in California have changed and will continue to change over time. The data do not tell us how income mobility has evolved over time or what the effect of growing up in California is today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Benefits were last increased in 2004 and have not been adjusted for cost ‑of ‑living increases since, including through the recent period of historically high inflation. The Legislature also has pursued expanding UI coverage to workers who have not typically received benefits, including striking workers, undocumented workers, and independent contractors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Introduction to Proposition 13 [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=152

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Are Similar Property Owners Taxed Differently Under Proposition 13? [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=153

Common Claims About Proposition 13 - Did Proposition 13 Cause Residential Properties to Pay a Larger Share of Property Tax? [Video]

Today, there are many questions about the impacts of these changes. Our report Common Claims About Proposition 13  examines some of these questions and which of them can be answered by the data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=103&videoId=154

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - As a result, any growth in property tax revenues results from increases in property values, which local governments cannot directly control. In contrast, cities and counties can increase sales, hotel, and utility tax rates to generate additional revenue, though doing so requires voter approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497

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

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommended that the Licensing Program be funded exclusively through license fees, which is how it is funded today. LAO Recommendations Approach Proposals as Pieces of a Bigger Policy Puzzle. Cannabis and tobacco compliance present an ongoing policy challenge for the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132