The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Proposition 39 Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2013 - The Governor proposes to count all associated revenues toward the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee for schools and community colleges. The Governor also proposes to designate all energy-related Proposition 39 funds to schools ($400.5 million) and community colleges ($49.5 million) in 2013‑14 and for the following four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2691

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - The budget plan provides $7.2  million from the Oil Gas Geothermal Administrative Fund in 2020 ‑21 ($4.8  million ongoing) and authority for 25 positions to strengthen oversight and enforcement of oil and gas operators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - Another way to reduce smoke exposure is to make indoor spaces —such as individual homes, workplaces, schools, or community centers —cleaner . This can be accomplished by taking a variety of actions aimed at reducing the amount of smoke that travels into buildings and filtering the indoor air.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - As a result, the department has to recruit at least two new corpsmembers per year to keep each corpsmember slot filled over the course of the year. The department also maintains some data on why corpsmembers separate from the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation

Jan 31, 2022 - Initial grants provide states up to $25  million to accelerate well remediation work. This funding has not yet been allocated, but the federal government will accept applications later this spring. Formula Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4508

The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - The plan assumes a 25  percent reduction in per capita VMT by 2030. In contrast, CARB assumes continuing with current policies (the Reference Scenario) would lead to a 4  percent reduction in VMT by  2045.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - Under current law, about 65  percent of this additional revenue ($439  million) will be continuously appropriated to high ‑speed rail (25  percent), affordable housing and sustainable communities (20  percent), transit capital (10  percent) and operations (5  percent), and safe drinking water (5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480

Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight

Apr 4, 2017 - As a result of Chapter  459, DTSC estimated the number of completed ability to pay cases would increase by 25 annually. Figure  2 shows the number of ability to pay cases completed every year from 2012 ‑13 through 2015 ‑16 and the number of cases projected to be completed in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3644

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jun 4, 2020 - The Governor ’s expenditure plan includes $25  million to expand various climate research and adaptation activities, if sufficient revenue is available. However, such an expansion might be difficult to implement in 2020 ‑21 given the uncertainty about how much funding will ultimately be available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250