Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - (This excludes Proposition  98 funding for charter schools that provide high school classes to corpsmembers —these funds totaled about $ 13  m illion in 2016 ‑17.) The average General Fund cost per corpsmember slot (including administrative support costs) is estimated to be about $36, 000 i n 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

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

May 5, 2025 - Since 2016, the water boa rds have been trying to design permits in a way that minimizes creation of state-reimbursable mandates while also continuing to enforce state and federal water quality laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 7, 2025 - For more detail, please see our 2016 report, Cap‑and‑Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities . In Some Limited Cases, GGRF Revenues Can Also Be Used to Reduce GHG Emissions. While adjusting the program design generally is the most impactful and cost ‑effective approach to reducing GHGs, the state could achieve some additional GHG reductions with the use of GGRF revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

May 27, 2025 - Starting in about 2016, Governor Brown —and, subsequently, Governor Newsom —encouraged SWRCB to consider VAs as an alternative to the regulatory approach. However, VA parties did not submit an initial VA memorandum of understanding to SWRCB until March  2022, and they continue to refine the proposal ’s details to this day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - By comparison, during the cooler and wetter months of January through March of 2016, average per capita water use was only 64 gallons per person per day. Water Use Higher in Last Half of 2016 Compared to 2015 . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

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

May 13, 2021 - Major Policy Changes In addition to increased funding, the state ’s response to the 2012 t o 2016 drought included both temporary and permanent policy changes. (For a detailed list of significant drought ‑related policy changes implemented through the beginning of 2016, please see the Appendix of our report, The 2016‑17 Budget: The State’s Drought Response .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

The 2016-17 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 25, 2016 - The 2016-17 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission The 2016-17 Budget California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regulates privately owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3373

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - In addition to helping regulate pollutants that affect air quality, CARB is the lead state agency responsible for directing the state ’s efforts to meet the GHG reduction targets established in the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Chapter  488 of 2006, [A B  32 , N ú ñez ]) and subsequent legislation (such as Chapter 249 of 2016 [SB 32, Pavley] and Chapter 337 of 2022 [AB 1279, Muratsuchi]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - Storms in December 2015 and January 2016 have brought much –needed precipitation to California. Between October  1, 2015 (the beginning of the 2016 water year) and January 31, 2016, the Northern Sierra region of the state received 32.8 inches of precipitation, which is 23  percent above average for that period (26.7 inches).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - As shown in the Figure, CalFire ’s budget for resource management and fire prevention —which generally is intended to improve the state ’s resilience to wildfires by reducing the likelihood that wildfires will occur and lessening associated damage when they do —has increased from about $140  million in 2016-17 to an estimated roughly $440  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952