The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Placing a limit on how quickly the pool of recycled credits can be drawn down could smooth increased fiscal impacts over a longer period. Alternatively, the total size of the California Competes credit pool could be capped to place an upper limit on the fiscal impact of a full drawdown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - Which Potential Policies Could Be Implemented Quickly and Efficiently? If one of the Legislature ’s goals is to provide timely relief to Californians, it also will want to consider which policies can be implemented quickly and efficiently.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Viewed alongside the state ’s competing priority to deliver payments quickly and easily, the benefits of this level of emphasis may not justify the costs these practices carry for other eligible workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - As these numbers indicate, however, small agencies seem to be acquiring ZEBs more quickly than large agencies. ZEB Adoption Varies Across Agencies. As described above, aggregate ZEB purchases in 2022 seemed to compare favorably to the ICT requirements for 2023 through 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - The amount of time will depend on both how quickly the program can be implemented as well as how quickly the new initial economic activity circulates throughout the economy. For example, a completely new program may take several years to be implemented fully.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - If the credit were made refundable, state costs instead would be incurr ed more quickly. Increased Costs. In addition, overall state costs for the credit would increase if it were refundable. With a nonrefundable credit, some taxpayers never have enough tax liability, even over multiple years, to fully claim theirs credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Expand Business Quick Start Guides. For many years, GO ‑Biz has been producing pamphlets with information to help entrepreneurs set up different kinds of businesses. The proposal would provide $600,000, one time in 2022 ‑23, and $200,000 ongoing to translate the existing guides into languages other than English, expand the number of guides, and to maintain the guides over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - How quickly and completely will the appropriation or allocation translate into actual income, spending, or investment? By how much does the policy reduce revenue? What are the alternative uses of this revenue?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327