The 2016-17 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2016 - The Governor’s budget proposes $1.8 billion for CPUC in 2016-17, a net increase of $260 million (17 percent) compared to estimated expenditures in the current year. This year-over-year increase is largely the result of increased costs for the California LifeLine program, which we discuss in this budget post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3373

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - The program funds up to 50  percent of the total project costs, with the maximum grant amount capped at $3  million per project during the initial years of the program and $2  million per project in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - In addition to early action funding, the Governor ’s January budget proposed funding in 2021 ‑22 for wildfire and forest resilience activities (for a total of $1  billion over the two years). In our recent publication The 2021‑22 Budget: Wildfire Resilience Package , we identified overarching issues for the Legislature to consider as it evaluates the Governor’s current- and budget-year proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414

State Wildfire Response Costs Estimated to Be Higher Than Budgeted

Oct 19, 2020 - The amount budgeted for the E-Fund each year is an estimate, in part based on the average costs of the large-incident firefighting incidents over the most recent five years. The Legislature approved, as part of the budget, authority for the Director of Finance to augment the item to pay for emergency fire suppression costs following notification of the Joint Legislative Bu dget Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4285

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought? [Publication Details]

May 13, 2021 - Format: HTML Description: For the second consecutive year, the state is experiencing extremely low rates of precipitation. As we prepare for what could be an extended period of dry conditions, it is helpful to review how the state responded to the last major drought.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4429

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2017 - For the past two years, urban water agencies in California have been submitting monthly data on residential water use to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The monthly update covering December 2016 was recently published on the board’s website, providing a full year of data for 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3611

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - Precipitation Data Suggests 2017 Will Be a Very Good Water Year for California. Fortunately, recent data suggest that the 2017 water year (October 2016 through September 2017) is very likely to be significantly better than recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2021 - This publication analyzes the Governor’s $1.6 billion proposed budget for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which reflects a $2.3 billion (60 percent) decrease compared to estimated current-year expenditures. The decrease is almost entirely due to one-time General Fund expenditures in 2020-21 related to wildfire debris removal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4359

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2020 - One year later, SWRCB has made good progress in establishing spending priorities, beginning to allocate funds and execute projects, and collecting essential data to identify the communities that should be targeted for improvements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4294

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