Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Subsequently, between 2021 and 2023, retail theft increased by 32  percent. Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by 48 crimes per 100,000  people, or 11  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Proposition 32 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Without Proposition 32, the minimum wage for all employees would be about $16.50 per hour. The proposition would not change any loc al or industry-specific minimum wages. Minimum Wage $18 Per Hour in 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=32&year=2024

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The two proposals  include: Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) Fund Shift ($32   Million Shift From GGRF to Proposition   4). The Governor proposes shifting $32  million of planned spending to implement CERIP from GGRF to Proposition  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate to 19 percent effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/831

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate to 19 percent effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/831

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

May 21, 2025 - Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) May 21, 2025 Seth Kerstein Beginning July 2024, Chapter 231 of 2023 (AB 28, Gabriel) imposed an 11 percent excise tax on retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition, with some exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/830

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

May 21, 2025 - Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog] Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q1) May 21, 2025 Seth Kerstein Beginning July 2024, Chapter 231 of 2023 (AB 28, Gabriel) imposed an 11 percent excise tax on retail sales of firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition, with some exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/830

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2023 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposal to provide funding from various special funds for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop and implement a zero waste plan. Updated (3/2/23): Date of SB 54 requirement was corrected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4719

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - The proposal indicates that the zero waste plan would recommend programmatic and statutory changes needed for the state to meet and exceed the goal established under AB 341 by 2035. As mentioned earlier, the state has not yet been able to make significant progress towards meeting the current statutory AB 341 goal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - The Unit 12 lead in total compensation ranged from 3  percent above market in the case of highway maintenance workers to 32  percent above market in the case of stockers and order fillers. Wages Less Competitive Among Local Governments and Certain Regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060