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

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 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

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

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

May 7, 2025 - To the extent CARB were able to continue a cap ‑and ‑trade program absent explicit additional statutory authority, it could face limitations around how it structures the program and how GGRF revenues could be used, particularly in light of the requirements of Proposition  26 of 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Starting in 2010, U.S. EPA has issued various waivers for the adoption of up to 15  percent ethanol in gasoline (known as E15) for 2001 and newer conventional vehicles. (The use of E15 is not authorized for older vehicles, motorcycles, lawnmowers and other types of off ‑road equipment, delivery trucks, or other types of heavy ‑duty vehicles.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that by 2100, roughly six feet of SLR and recurring annual storms could impact over 480,000 California residents (based on 2010 census data) and $119 billion in property value (in 2010 dollars).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - As we described earlier, the Legislature narrowed the language of the budget bill in 2010 ‑11 to limit the use of the E ‑Fund to “situations where CalFire ’s initial attack forces are unable to cope with a wildland fire emergency, for additional fire detection capability and prepositioning of resources during periods of high fire risk, or to respond to valid requests for mutual
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Under the statewide requirements imposed by Proposition  26 in 2010, however, POUs are limited in their ability to support new or expanded programs and activities that are not directly related to providing electricity services, such as expansions to programs that provide discounts based on income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950