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

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - In other words, the study assumed that without this funding, drivers would have driven gasoline ‑powered vehicles instead of ZEVs. Economic Costs Consumer Financial Incentives Involve Opportunity Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - In a 2010 report , SWRCB concluded that “current flows are insufficient.” The report also acknowledged the need for non‑flow habitat improvements, noting that flow and physical habitat measures are not interchangeable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In other words, we are not describing the budget condition as having a surplus or a deficit at this time. These concepts are inherently tools of communication, not accounting, and are ultimately somewhat subjective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2010-11 Budget: Funding and Policy Options for the Beverage Container Recycling Program [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2010 - The 2010-11 Budget: Funding and Policy Options for the Beverage Container Recycling Program [Publication Details] The 2010-11 Budget: Funding and Policy Options for the Beverage Container Recycling Program Format: HTML Description: Since July 2009, the Beverage Container Recycling Program has faced severe cuts, necessitated by a projected $157 million fund deficit for 2009‑10 in its primary funding source—the Beverage Container Recycling Fund (BCRF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2234

Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development

Sep 22, 2015 - In other words, the investment plan can provide a general framework for how policymakers evaluate different spending options so that they can compare the relative costs and benefits of these options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3298

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

May 27, 2025 - In other words, CEQA would continue to apply to any regulations or orders issued by water boards —as well as any changes to water rights —to carry out the WQCP. In our view, the Legislature would benefit from additional information, such as a detailed side-by-side comparison, about how various statutory and regulatory requirements differ and overlap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2018-19 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 14, 2018 - California residential gas and electric service disconnections for nonpayment have increased from 547,000 in 2010 to 816,000 in 2015. Chapter  362 of 2017 (SB 598, Hueso) requires CPUC to develop policies and rules to reduce the number of service disconnections to 2010 levels by 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3749

New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State

Oct 5, 2016 - In other words, states would still be able to implement new laws and regulations that covered a different scope related to the use or affected populations of a studied chemical. Fourth, states can seek waivers to federal preemption.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3504