State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Research nationally and in other states has found consistent evidence of racial disparities in the distribution of PPP loans, particularly for Black ‑owned businesses. These findings include, for example, that Black ‑owned firms were about 9  percent less likely to receive PPP loans than similar white ‑owned firms and, among
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Comparing Figure  1 with the 2023 data in Figure  3, white, Black, and Multiple/Other individuals are overrepresented among credit recipients relative to their California population share, while Hispanic/Latino and Asian individuals are  underrepresented.
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

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Census and in state data sources, namely: white, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native (or Native American), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, and other.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Race/Ethnicity Most CalWORKs Heads of Household Were Hispanic, White, or Black. As shown in Figure   12 , about half of CalWORKs heads of household were Hispanic in 2022. About 22  percent were white and 20  percent were Black.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - Comparing places that paid more than $20 per resident to those that paid less, the two groups have a similar share of white residents, but places in the higher-rebate group have fewer Asian/Pacific Islander residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - For example, a family containing both Black and white members cannot accurately be assigned by the survey to a single racial characteristic. Such characteristics, thus, can only accurately describe individuals, rather than families as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - For Low-Wage Workers, White-Latino Wage Gap Around 20  Percent. As shown in Figure  5, we estimate the wage gap between California ’s white and Latino low-wage workers to be around 20  percent. In other words, we estimate the 10 th percentile hourly wage for white workers to be roughly 20  percent higher than the 10 th percentile hourly wage for Latino workers.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Figure 3 Status of Trial Court Construction Projects Beginning  in 2019 ‑20 a Priority Group Estimated Project Costs (in Billions) Number Initiated
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - IS = information security; BCP = budget change proposal; TF = total funds; GF = General Fund; OF = other funds; and CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency. Figure 2 Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 Budget IT Project Proposals a (In Millions) 7100 ‑222,  7100 ‑236,  7100 ‑237 Proposed (7100 ‑222, 7100 ‑237); Approved  (7100 ‑236) $326.8 Public Works IT System Enhancements 7350
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836