Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - State Has Implemented Various Goals and Policies Aimed at Reducing GHGs From Electricity. Over the past couple of decades, the state has implemented a variety of goals and policies intended to reduce GHG emissions from electricity generation and help the state meet its larger climate goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Sep 12, 2024 - Despite the year-to-year decline in funding, the 2024‑25 totals exceed the historical levels of funding that these agencies received prior to the state experiencing General Fund surpluses in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4928

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - Of the total, $23  million is for the state ’s share of cost for flood projects that are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and are part of the State Plan of Flood Control. The other $10  million will support associated state operations costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - First, the provision establishes a large policy change that affects how the state compensates its employees and how the state combats wildfires with minimal detail and significant deference to the joint labor management committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - DPR indicates taking enforcement actions on out ‑of ‑state pesticide dealers would be a more appropriate role to assign to the state, since the primary role of CACs is to be the main enforcement authorities within their jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2024 - In this post, we assess the Governor's proposal to increase the mill assessment—a tax levied on pesticides when first sold into or within the state—to address the structural deficit within the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s special fund and to support various programmatic expansions for the department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - (These payments are related to a 2017 ‑18 budget action that borrowed from the General Fund for a large one ‑time contribution to the state employee pension fund, requiring future repayment from all relevant funds that make employer pension contributions, including MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - This funding would support repairs to levees and other infrastructure on state ‑owned land, for which the state is responsible. The funding also would enable the state to draw down additional support from USACE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - The state carries out this role through the SSMP. (While statute requires the state to consider local economic impacts, it does not assign fiscal responsibility to the state to address any such effects that may result from a shrinking Salton Sea.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859