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

May 27, 2025 - This post describes and raises issues for legislative consideration about two proposed trailer bills related to (1) the Delta Conveyance Project and (2) water quality control plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5053

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

May 27, 2025 - The language removes the requirements that DWR (1)  obtain an appraisal before trying to first negotiate with the owner and (2)  provide a written statement to the property owner about the basis for what it considers just compensation when taking land by eminent domain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Cap-and-Trade Program: Key Choices Ahead [Publication Details]

May 8, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy and Senate Environmental Quality Committee
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5038

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Specifically, continuous appropriations (1)  reduce legislative oversight by eliminating a natural opportunity for the Legislature to regularly review and revisit the allocations through the annual budget process and (2)  make it more challenging for the Legislature to flexibly respond to evolving priorities and budget conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

May 7, 2025 - The Legislature faces important decisions about (1)  the level of GHG reductions it wants to achieve through the program, recognizing that more significant reductions will be necessary to meet legislatively established GHG reduction targets, and (2)  how to achieve its preferred level of GHG reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - Notably, $400  million would represent a substantial increase in funding for CalFire personnel. For reference, the budget estimates that spending on CalFire personnel costs will total $1.5  billion in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

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

May 5, 2025 - The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local governments when (1)  new state laws or regulations mandate that they implement a new program or higher level of service and (2)  the local government does not have offsetting revenues —such as fees or federal funds —available to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees [Publication Details]

Jan 12, 2017 - Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees [Publication Details] Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees Format: HTML Description: The state park system contains nearly 280 parks, serves about 70 million visitors each year, and costs over $400 million a year to operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3527

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - This amount is similar to our base forecast and about $400 million higher than the Governor’s budget had assumed. The final quarterly auction in 2021-22 will occur on May 18 and results will be released on May 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591