The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492/1

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements [Publication Details]

Jan 4, 2024 - Legislation approved in 2018 established a long-term urban water use efficiency framework to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life,” creating new requirements for urban retail water suppliers across the state. This report responds to a requirement that our office assess implementation of the framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4823

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Even Modest Water Savings Could Help With Resilience, but Will Depend on How the State Manages Those Savings. SWRCB estimates the state could conserve about 440,000  acre ‑feet of water annually at full implementation, which represents about 1  percent of total state water use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - LAO Recommendations Based on our assessment, pursuing state buildings as ZNE is not necessary for the state to achieve its GHG reduction goals and could potentially increase state costs and present other trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2017 - Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings [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/3711

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - For instance, decreasing fuel excise taxes —absent any state funding backfill —would reduce revenues used to support state transportation projects, such as maintaining highways and local streets and roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options [Publication Details]

May 12, 2022 - In response to increasing prices across the economy—particularly fuel prices—the Legislature is contemplating a number of policies for providing fiscal relief to Californians. In this post, we identify key questions for the Legislature to consider when analyzing the merits of the options proposed by the Governor and in designing its own relief package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4597

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: 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