Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - A good example of this is the Black population in California. Based on the figures presented above, the Black population is somewhat overrepresented in California ’s motion picture industry (6.6  percent) compared to their share of the total population (5.5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - The number of low-wage workers who are Latino is roughly two and a half times the number who are white, four and a half times the number who are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 18 times the number who are Black.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Options A, B, and C, which largely maintain the current CNI calculation, are all similar to the current CNI historically. By maintaining an estimate for household fuels and other utilities, option C has the most fidelity to the current CNI concept.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

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 2023-24 Budget: California's Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2023 - Jackson, C. Kirabo, Rucker C. Johnson, and Claudia Persico. “The Effects of School Spending on Educational and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms. ” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 131.1 (2016): 157 ‑218.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4713

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - This proposal would raise the 2021 c ap on awards by an additional $ 100  m illion. Main Street Credit. $ 100  m illion General Fund for the Main Street Credit, a tax credit for small businesses that increase their number of employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327

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

Feb 11, 2022 - The California Travel and Tourism Commission, doing business as Visit California, is a 501(c)(6)  nonprofit mutual benefit corporation that operates a massive marketing program to increase in ‑state, domestic, and international tourism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529