Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - (These hand crews were funded on a temporary basis in 2023.) CalFire —CAD /AVL Programs. $42 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and $31 million and 43 positions ongoing thereafter to expand and support AVL and CAD systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

Sep 12, 2024 - This represents a net decrease of $1.1  billion, or 56  percent, from the estimated 2023 ‑24 expenditure level. This decrease primarily is due to the expiration of one-time augmentations that were available to Parks in 2023 ‑24, including large carryovers from prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - The program was first established in 2021 ‑22 when the state provided $3  million General Fund per year through 2023 ‑24. An additional $13.5  million was provided in 2022 ‑23 to increase the number of free passes available through 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Sep 12, 2024 - This amount represents about half of total 2023‑24 estimated expenditure levels. This significant year-to-year decrease is primarily due to a large amount of one-time funding—mostly from the General Fund—available for the departments within both agencies in 2023‑24, including large amounts of funds carried over from prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4928

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - For 2023, we estimate about 4  percent of average rates for the large IOUs is used for supporting climate ‑related activities (equating to about half of the funding dedicated for public purpose programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Oct 16, 2023 - It also includes $5  million in 2023 ‑24 (of which $1  million is ongoing) and seven positions to support federal permitting requirements at Fort Ord Dunes State Park. Addresses 2023 Winter Storm Damage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

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

Feb 24, 2025 - While CARB secured a waiver for the ZEAS regulation in 2023, it has not done so for its ZEF and ACF regulations. Accordingly, while CARB can enforce the ZEAS regulation and certain portions of the ACF regulation, it does not have authority to enforce most of the ACF regulation or any of the ZEF regulation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details] The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection Format: HTML Description: The 2023‑24 budget package provides a total of $19.2 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, bond funds, a number of special funds,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4807

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - The loans were intended to allow HWCA to cover its planned expenditures in both 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24. The loans also avoided the need for BES to increase the generation and handling fee in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858