Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - The Legislature has not adopted statewide goals for the number of zero ‑emission heavy ‑duty vehicles deployed by a certain year. We note, however, that the 2016 Governor ’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan establishes targets of improving freight system efficiency by 25  p ercent and deploying over 100,000 vehicles and equipment capable of zero ‑emission operation by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - Similarly, for prospective analyses of the effects of state climate policies, forecasting economic conditions and technological advancements over the next 10 t o 12 years is subject to substantial uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

How CalFire is Spending Recent Forest Health Funds

Nov 15, 2018 - In conversations with CalFire, the department indicated that the latter two criteria were particularly important in their grant decision-making process given the relatively short time period available for funds to be encumbered (two years) and expended (two additional years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3902

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - Figure 5 Estimated Salton Sea Playa Exposure and Management Goals Over the Next Decade F rom Salton Sea Management Program Phase I Ten ‑Year Plan Year Acres of Newly Exposed Playa Acres of Projects To Be Constructed 2018
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

Improving California's Forest and Watershed Management

Apr 4, 2018 - (CalFire also received one ‑time allocations from GGRF for forest health in previous years but at lesser levels —$ 25  m illion in 2014 ‑15 and $ 40  m illion in 2016 ‑17.) CalFire plans to allocate these funds via grants for projects through its Forest Health Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3798

The 2018-19 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 28, 2018 - For example, bees from an apiary located in an almond orchard bordering an urban area may pollinate ornamental plants at nearb y parks, schools, and private residences. General Fund Proposed for Some Functions That Could Be Funded Through Fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3793

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - The budget act allows the Department of Finance (DOF) to augment CalFire ’s E-Fund budget during the course of the year, as needed. We note that California ’s fire response expenditures have increased in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - While we do not raise specific concerns about the administration’s funding requests, we recommend that the Legislature direct the administration to report at budget hearings on the proposed funding and submit formal proposals for any future budget-year funding requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA)

Feb 15, 2018 - According to the administration, CAEATFA needs this budget flexibility because the timelines for implementing the pilots are still subject to uncertainty, thereby making it difficult to estimate costs in any specific year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3755

The 2018-19 Budget: California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2018 - In this analysis, we recommend one modification to the Governor's proposed 2018-19 budget for the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Authority: modify the one-time $8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3755