California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Monthly Benefits Vary. Monthly benefits per household vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses —with larger households generally receiving more benefits than smaller households and relatively higher-income households generally receiving fewer benefits than lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - The main explanation for why NEM 3.0 provides a lower amount of credit to solar customers compared to the previous NEM programs is that the new structure credits customers only for the costs the utility avoids by not having to buy electricity elsewhere to serve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Incarcerated students may use Pell Grants to cover tuition, textbooks and other course materials, supplies and equipment (such as to buy or rent a personal computer), and costs to obtain a certification or other first professional credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Requires Transit Agencies to Buy ZEBs. State statutes establish goals for reducing statewide GHG emission and direct the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to take regulatory actions to meet these goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Monthly benefits per household vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses —with larger households generally receiving more benefits than smaller households and relatively higher-income households generally receiving fewer benefits than lower-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

California Housing Affordability Tracker (1st Quarter 2025) [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2024 - Put another way, the difference in costs between buying and renting is generally much higher in the high-cost areas of the state. Northern California Has Generally Had Slower Growth Than the Rest of the State.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/793

California Housing Affordability Tracker (1st Quarter 2025) [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2024 - Put another way, the difference in costs between buying and renting is generally much higher in the high-cost areas of the state. Northern California Has Generally Had Slower Growth Than the Rest of the State.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/793

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Legislation approved in 2018 established a long-term urban water use efficiency framework to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life,” creating new requirements for urban retail water suppliers across the state. This report responds to a requirement that our office assess implementation of the framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823