AB32: Analysis of the Net Impact On California Jobs [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2010 - In our response, we briefly summarize the basic provisions of AB 32 and its planned implementation through the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Scoping Plan (SP), discuss the avenues by which the SP would potentially affect California jobs, and present the jobs-related effects of the SP as estimated by CARB.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2219

AB32: Letter to Assembly Member Dan Logue Regarding Potential Economic Leakage [Publication Details]

May 13, 2010 - Specifically we were asked to look at the costs California would likely incur following the implementation of AB 32 through the California Air Resource Board’s Scoping Plan, compared to states that do not have similar policies in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2277

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Rate of Low-Wage Work Declines Substantially From Ages 25 to 32. As shown in Figure  3, our estimates suggest that the share of workers in low-wage jobs declines by more than one-third between the ages of 25 and 32.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Under AB  784, the exemption would have ended on January 1, 2024. Chapter  353 of 2022 (AB  2622, Mullin) pushed back the expiration date to January 1, 2026 and required our office to publish our analysis by May 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Over the last decade, two statutes —Chapter  351 of 2013 (AB  10, Alejo) and Chapter  4 of 2016 (SB  3, Leno) —gradually have increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses [Publication Details]

Apr 15, 2024 - Published in accordance with Chapter 353 of 2022 (AB 2622, Mullin), which directs our office to review the effectiveness of a partial sales tax exemption for zero-emission buses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4890

Evaluation of the Better for Families Tax Refund [Publication Details]

Apr 1, 2024 - Submitted in accordance with Section 7(b)(1) of Chapter 51 of 2022 (AB 192, Committee on Budget) that directs our office to evaluate the extent to which the Better for Families tax refund helped families meet the demands of inflation during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4891

AB32: Letter to Assembly Member Dan Logue Regarding Evaluation of the ARB's Updated Economic Analysis [Publication Details]

Jun 16, 2010 - This responds to Assembly Member Logue's request that we provide an evaluation of the updated economic analysis prepared by the California Air Resources Board of its Scoping Plan for implementing AB 32 (Núñez).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2333

Biannual Report on Truck Deliveries

Dec 1, 2021 - Chapter  226 of 2019 (AB  321, Patterson) created a sales and use tax exemption for truck sales that meet all of the following criteria: The truck has an unladen weight of at least 6,000 pounds. The seller delivers the truck to the buyer at a location within California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4479

Taxation of Sugary Drinks [Publication Details]

Nov 26, 2018 - In June 2018, the Legislature passed a law (Chapter 61 of 2018 [AB 1838, Committee on Budget]) prohibiting local governments from levying such taxes (and other taxes on groceries) through 2030. The law stated the Legislature’s intent to regulate the imposition and collection of such taxes to the exclusion of local action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3903