The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Our recommendation to defer action on this proposal reflects our view that the Legislature should have sufficient time to fully c onsider the potential impacts of this proposal, particularly given that it is not directly related to passing or implementing the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - Specifically, these renovations would ( 1)  r eplace and upgrade existing facilities (such as the staff barracks and equipment storage facilities), ( 2)  a dd privacy to showers and bathrooms in existing dormitories, ( 3)  c onstruct a separate dormitory for female participants, ( 4)  c onstruct additional administrative and classroom space, and ( 5)  b uild a gym for staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Figure 12 General Fund Unless Otherwise Noted (In Millions) Program Protecting the coast from climate change SCC Adapting to sea ‑level rise: nature ‑based activities SCC Protecting the ocean from climate change OPC Adapting infrastructure to sea ‑level rise SCC a Reflects the reduction in total funding from 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑45. b Includes $80 million from GGRF. c GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

LAO Recommended Legislation [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 2008 - Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1897

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - Specifically, $676 million would support ZEV programs at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and $240 million would go to continued implementation of Chapter 136 of 2017 (A B 617 , C. Garcia). (The proposed ZEV ‑related spending is part of the Governor ’s broader package of ZEV ‑related proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - While S B   200 c aps the amount of SADW Fund monies that can be used for administrative tasks at 5  p ercent, the proposed totals also include staff who will be working on implementing the program. Proposed implementation tasks include working with water systems to develop potential solutions, conducting public outreach, providing legal reviews associated with system consolidation orders, and developing plans and assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the C ommission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget. In particular, state law directs our office to report on the annual state costs for new mandates and make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether the new mandate should be repealed (permanently eliminating it or making it optional), suspended (rendering it inoperative for one year), modified, or funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - Through A B  398 , the Legislature opted to provide more specific direction about certain program design features —such as specifying the share of compliance obligations that can be met with offsets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2019-20 Budget: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2019 - Chapter   524 c larifies that it does not expand the state ’s obligations to provide water or require the state to fund water infrastructure. Multiple Causes of Unsafe Drinking Water. The causes of unsafe drinking water can generally be separated into two categories: ( 1)  c ontamination caused by human action and ( 2)  n aturally occurring contaminants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3933

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - We did not identify any retrospective empirical research that identified the degree to which S B   1368 c ontributed to this decline. Based on conversations with various stakeholders, it is likely that the policy was a significant factor contributing to the decline in coal generation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131