The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - As noted earlier, LCI ’s transition to the civil service model has resulted in additional administrative workload to comply with state law, including related to EEO and collective bargaining. Through its approval of budget requests in 2023-24, the Legislature essentially signed off on this change in approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Would Adopt a Platoon Staffing Model. In  addition to moving the department towards greater year ‑round staffing of engines, the additional permanent personnel would allow CalFire to adjust its staffing rotation to a platoon model (subject to further bargaining with Unit 8).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

May 7, 2025 - Some recent modeling suggests that reauthorization likely will put upward pressure on prices and potentially lead to them reaching the price ceiling over the next several years. As  highlighted in the figure, in the hypothetical scenario of allowance prices reaching the price ceiling, we estimate that cap ‑and ‑trade would contribute roughly 74 cents per gallon to gasoline
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - Rather, the plan ’s estimated reductions are primarily driven by assumptions developed by CARB and the third ‑party contractors who led the modeling effort, without specifying how those assumed outcomes might be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Generally this is because these updates involve detailed, comprehensive, and technical analyses, including modeling the potential impacts of climate change and related adaptation activities. Although the time and staffing resources to prepare the next plan seem reasonable, the Legislature might wish to ask if any of these a ctivities or processes —such as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - Funding Model Incentivizes Certain Activities Funding Model Creates Focus on Completion of Reimbursable Projects. As described above, reimbursements provide about half of CCC ’s funding. Due to this funding structure, CCC generally prioritizes the completion of reimbursable work projects over other activities the corpsmembers could be engaged in.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - Researchers also use outputs from engineering models that estimate explicit direct costs as inputs into economic models that estimate indirect economic effects. For example, CARB uses an economic model to estimate effects on employment and GDP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - This is important for manufacturers because it can take several years to design and integrate new technologies into their vehicle models. A 2017 analysis by CARB, U.S.  EPA, and NHTSA estimated that the existing emission standards will reduce lifetime GHG emissions from all model year 2021 t hrough 2025 vehicles sold in the nation by about 100  m illion metric tons per model year ( 540  m illion metric tons total).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - For example, to reduce indoor water use they might offer rebates for replacing older model toilets, showerheads, or other fixtures and appliances with more efficient models. To reduce outdoor water use, they might offer rebates for converting lawns to more water ‑efficient landscapes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - Information on the outcomes of these programs could help inform the Legislature about whether modeling a new center after these programs would be effective. Unfortunately, there is limited information on how effective these programs are at improving participant outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487