The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - These projects include $95  million for the Butte Fire Center, $17  million for the Prado Helitack Base, and $11  million for the Macdoel Fire Station. To achieve budget savings, the spending plan also reverts $32  million General Fund that was previously appropriated for the acquisition phase of a new CalFire training center, as highlighted earlier in Figure  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - These suppliers serve about 95  percent of the state ’s population. Phases in Requirements and Standards Over Multiple Years … The legislation created a multiyear phase ‑in period, as shown in Figure  8 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

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

Oct 16, 2023 - The spending plan also authorizes $95  million in reimbursement authority annually through 2027 ‑28 to enable the department to receive reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for repair and restoration work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Additionally, Chapter  361 of 2022 (S B  1020 , Laird) set interim targets to this goal, requiring that zero ‑carbon sources make up 90  percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95  percent by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Specifically, the legislation requires that a combination of renewable and zero-carbon sources make up 90  percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95  percent by 2035. Additionally, the legislation requires that by 2035, renewable and zero-carbon sources must supply 100  percent of the electricity used to serve state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The 2024‑25 budget package provides a total of $17.8 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, a number of special funds, bond funds, and federal funds—for the departments overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). This amount represents about half of total 2023‑24 estimated expenditure levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - Figure 1 50,000 lane miles of highways 13,000 bridges 111 Department of Motor Vehicles offices 108 California Highway Patrol offices Higher Education 10 University of California campuses 23 California State University campuses Water Resources 1,600 miles of levees in the Central Valley 700 miles of canals and pipelines ‑State Water Project 25 dams 29 pumping and power plants Natural Resources 280
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - The Legislature set interim targets on the path to this goal via Chapter 361 of 2022 (SB 1020, Laird), which requires that zero‑carbon sources make up 90 percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95 percent by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

Hydraulic Fracturing: How It Works and Recent State Oversight Actions

Dec 1, 2016 - About 95 percent of these permits were for hydraulic fracturing. With a few exceptions, well stimulation treatments were limited to Kern, Kings, and Ventura counties in relatively well-established oil fields.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3513

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - N95 masks are certified to filter out at least 95  percent of airborne particulates of at least 0.3 microns in size, and studies show that they can filter pollutants from smoke. However, the real ‑world effectiveness of these masks varies greatly depending on their quality and fit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644