Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - In the same month, the average prices per metric ton of marine gas oil in the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region were $837 and $786, respectively. Maritime Fuel Deliveries. To estimate California deliveries of residual fuel oil (a major type of maritime fuel), we combine data from a couple of sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

Updating the California Necessities Index [Publication Details]

Aug 14, 2025 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5065

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Therefore, using the CA CPI ‑U or CA CPI ‑W to adjust payments would likely result in significantly different benefit increases in some years relative to the CNI. Small Tweaks to CNI Lead to Only Small Differences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - Benefits were last increased in 2004 and have not been adjusted for cost ‑of ‑living increases since, including through the recent period of historically high inflation. The Legislature also has pursued expanding UI coverage to workers who have not typically received benefits, including striking workers, undocumented workers, and independent contractors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommended that the Licensing Program be funded exclusively through license fees, which is how it is funded today. LAO Recommendations Approach Proposals as Pieces of a Bigger Policy Puzzle. Cannabis and tobacco compliance present an ongoing policy challenge for the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - As a result, the gap between these groups ’ weekly earnings is wider than the gap between their hourly wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/1

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Single parents with one, two, or three children live in one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or three-bedroom apartments, respectively. An adult couple without children live in a studio/efficiency. An adult couple with one or two children live in a two-bedroom apartment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Over this same period, employer appeals resulted in overturned decisions less often (32  percent of the time) than worker appeals. California ’s employer appeals result in overturned decisions about as often as other states (35  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - As a result, there are three general mechanisms for these spending adjustments, all of which require different levels of legislative input. Formulaic Adjustments. Cases in which program spending is adjusted by certain factors, like a cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

Comparing Options to Raise and Lower Taxes [Publication Details]

Mar 24, 2026 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5170