Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - The C CC would like to offer: Driver ’s License Training. The department would like to provide all corpsmembers an opportunity to participate in training to obtain their driver ’s license. According to the CCC, many corpsmembers lack a driver ’s license when they arrive, something that can be an impediment to obtaining employment upon leaving the CCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Chapter  1, Statutes of 2015 (AB  91, Committee on Budget) —the emergency drought legislation passed in March  2015 —included $660  million (primarily from Proposition  1E) for flood protection projects in urban and rural areas, as well as for grants to local governments for local flood protection activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

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

Nov 10, 2020 - SWRCB found that in 2019 , while only about 5 percent of the total 7,403 active public water systems had one or more violations of water quality standards, over 91 percent of those that failed to comply contained fewer than 500 service connections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan appropriates $91  million from Proposition  4 specifically for CNRA, including $47  million for the Urban Greening Program. Additionally, the budget includes a total of $77  million General Fund in 2025-26 for CNRA to coordinate and distribute across a variety of one-time efforts and projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - Specifically, to the degree the Legislature is concerned that particular activities are not receiving adequate levels of support to meet its most important objectives within the overall levels of funding its budget can accommodate, it could take another look at existing program structures and funding allocations and p otentially change the mix.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Sep 12, 2024 - After accounting for these modifications —along with those made in 2023 ‑24 —the budget retains $1.1  billion for sustainable agriculture activities across a five-year period (from 2021 ‑22 through 2025 ‑26), which is 91  percent of the multiyear amount originally planned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - During the study period, BOS costs declined by less than $ 1 p er watt ($ 3 p er watt to a little more than $ 2 p er watt). Over a similar time period, hardware costs declined from over $ 7 p er watt to less than $3. 5 p er watt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

Cap-and-Trade Extension: Issues for Legislative Oversight

Dec 12, 2017 - For example, if a company uses offsets to cover 2  p ercent of its compliance obligation in 2021, can all 2  p ercent be from non ‑direct offsets (half of the 4  p ercent limit) or only 1  p ercent (half of the offsets used for compliance)?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3719

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - In March  2021, DWR announced that the State Water Project expects to deliver just 5  p ercent of requested supplies to its water contractors this year, down from an initial allocation of 10  p ercent announced in December.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - On average, these agencies reported an annual inspection rate of roughly 35  p ercent. As with CalFire, the inspection rate varied considerably across jurisdictions, with reported inspection rates ranging from 3 p ercent to 100  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457