The 2022-23 Budget: State Water Resources Control Board—Bay-Delta Plan Update [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: State Water Resources Control Board—Bay-Delta Plan Update [Publication Details] Description: In this post, we discuss the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) efforts to update the water quality control plan for the Sacramento‑San Joaquin Bay‑Delta and its source rivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4506

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - (These funds do not count toward the state appropriations limit.) By comparison, the administration’s January cap-and-trade expenditure plan included nearly $1 billion in discretionary expenditures. February Auction Revenue Similar to LAO Base Forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - The purpose of the state ’s LCFS program is to reduce the average carbon intensity of transportation fuels in the state by incentivizing the production and use of low carbon fuels. The program establishes statewide carbon intensity standards for transportation fuels supplied.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2022 - Furthermore, it may be appropriate for the current oil and gas operators to bear at least some of the cost of remediating the environmental damages from these wells—rather than the general taxpayer through the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4508

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - This includes increased state support for a shared data collector application and ensuring that state and local agencies feed inspections data into a centralized system. Take Steps to Address Other Barriers to State and Local Efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues [Publication Details]

Apr 5, 2022 - This report contains four primary sections: (1) a description of the five key climate hazards affecting California, (2) the major ways those hazards impact sectors across the state, (3) significant existing state‑level efforts underway to address climate change impacts, and (4) key issues for the Legislature to consider in response to these impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4575

Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts

Dec 10, 2019 - As discussed earlier, SLR damages also would have fiscal implications, which the state will want to t ry to minimize. State‑Level Efforts Multiple State Departments Have SLR ‑Related Responsibilites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4121

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - Based on the preliminary results, the state will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in revenue from the auction—the highest amount for any quarterly auction in the program’s history. As shown in Figure 1, this amount is somewhat more than what the state received from the August 2021 auction ($1.1 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - To inform the 2021 ‑22  budget decisions, DTSC provided the Legislature with an expenditure plan that stated the programs and activities the department intended to augment with the additional revenues from HWCA  and TSCA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? Summary For the second consecutive year, the state is experiencing extremely low rates of precipitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429