California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Largest: Home Health and Personal Care Aides. As shown in Figure  1, the state ’s largest low-wage occupation consists of home health and personal care aides, who make up more than 4  percent of the state ’s overall workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

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: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The single largest component of this proposal would fund grants to local governments for programs that might aid immigrants or immigrant business owners. The proposal is conceptual and lacks key details, including: Specific Objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2020-21 Budget: Taxation of E-Cigarettes

Feb 24, 2020 - Stamps Could Aid Enforcement, But Cost and Feasibility Unclear. $ 8  m illion of the Governor ’s $ 10  m illion tax administration proposal would be for a stamp contract. The intent of this proposal is to create a system of tax stamps analogous to the ones used in the state ’s cigarette tax program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4171

The 2021-22 Budget: Business Tax Incentives

Jan 28, 2021 - The federal government created the ERC in March  2020 as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The ERC provided firms with 100 o r fewer employees a credit for 50  p ercent of wages paid to employees they retained in 2020 (up to $5, 000 p er employee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4327