Improving California's Forest and Watershed Management

Apr 4, 2018 - For example, the Madera County IRWM group paired $1. 5  m illion in local funds with an equal amount of state bond funds to reduce fuels in the Sierra National Forest in order to reduce wildfire risk and, in the words of its IRWM grant application, to help “meet long ‑term water supply needs, [protect] water quality, and augment/restore environmental conditions. ” Investments by
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3798

The 2018-19 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 28, 2018 - Figure  1 shows that from 2012 through 2017 the number of counties where ACP has been detected increased from 9 to 26, or by 188  percent, and the number of counties with an HLB infected tree grew from one to three.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3793

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - For some past disaster events, the state has funded other types of recovery assistance, such as support for emergency shelters and transitional housing, limited financial assistance to certain individuals facing disaster loses, staff and supplies for emergency evacuation centers, and reimbursements to counties for lost property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - For 2018‑19, the Governor proposes a total of $35 million from the General Fund for recovery costs associated the fires in Northern California, such as related to rebuilding public infrastructure and backfilling local tax revenue losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA)

Feb 15, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) The 2018-19 Budget California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) CAEATFA is housed within the State Treasurer ’s Office and operates a variety of programs that provide financial assistance —such as tax exemptions, loans, and bonds —largely to entities developing technologies intended to reduce air pollution and conserve energy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3755

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - Some larger local agencies, such as the Los Angeles County Fire Department, provide their own wildfire protection. However, many agencies mostly respond to structure fires rather than wildfires. In addition, the U.S.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - First, if federal, state, or local tax incentives for solar PV change, it could affect the cost of implementing these systems through power purchase agreements at state facilities. Second, the cost of these systems could be affected by overall changes in the solar PV market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - Required Central Valley cities and counties to amend zoning ordinances to conform to the CVFPP and to their amended general plans, including by prohibiting new development in areas not protected up to the 200 ‑year flood standard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - This includes (1)  making payments to recyclers based on a tiered structure to better support low ‑volume recyclers, (2)  allowing greater flexibility to meet CZ  recycler requirements, (3)  restructuring payments made to cities and counties into a competitive grant program, (4)  incentivizing less contamination of materials in curbside collection programs, and (5)  replacing the curbside supplemental payments with a competitive grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

The 2017-18 Budget: Cap-and-Trade

Feb 13, 2017 - Opportunities to Reduce Taxes. Auction revenue can be used to provide economic benefits. For example, in theory revenue could be used to reduce broad ‑based taxes (such as income or sales taxes), which could help reduce negative impact on economic activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3553