Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview [Publication Details]

Dec 21, 2018 - This report provides a conceptual overview of the potential economic effects of policies intended to help meet these goals—both positive and negative—as well as identifies some key issues for the Legislature to consider when designing and evaluating state climate policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3911

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation [Publication Details]

Dec 21, 2018 - In a companion report, Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview , we describe the general types of economic effects of state climate policies, key challenges in measuring these effects, and broad issues for the Legislature to consider when designing and evaluating its climate policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3912

Overview of the State Water Project and Proposed Contract Amendment [Publication Details]

Sep 11, 2018 - Overview of the State Water Project and Proposed Contract Amendment [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3882

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - EPA, DTSC pays for investigation, remediation, and O &M from state funds if no RP can be compelled to pay these costs. These projects are referred to as “state ‑only orphan sites. ” Costs for Federal NPL Sites Prioritized Over State ‑Only Sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - It would also provide useful information to help guide state policy and funding decisions and ultimately result in better outcomes for corpsmembers and the state. Given that C3 will expand the department ’s data capabilities, we think now is an opportune time for the Legislature to act to require CCC to develop targets and performance measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2017-18 Budget: Cap-and-Trade

Feb 13, 2017 - As such, it raises some questions about what additional constitutional requirements might affect the state ’s collection and use of cap ‑and ‑trade revenues. For example, if auction proceeds are tax revenues, they would count towards the state ’s appropriations limit established by Proposition  4 in 1979.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3553

Overview of State Bond Debt [Publication Details]

Jun 27, 2018 - Overview of State Bond Debt [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3871

New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2016 - New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State [Publication Details] New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State Format: HTML Description: On June 22, 2016, the President signed the Frank R.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3504

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - We then describe how the current drought has impacted the state ’s agricultural, rural, environmental, and urban sectors. State in Midst of Severe Drought State Experiencing Exceptionally Dry Period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343

Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities

Jan 21, 2016 - Therefore, using state funds to encourage a different mix of GHG emission reductions would likely be more costly. For example, the overall emission reduction costs in Figure  6 are $10 without the state subsidy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3328