The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

May 7, 2025 - In year s where auction revenues are comparatively high, this would free up additional GGRF for spending on other legislative priorities while still providing certain and consistent funding streams to the existing  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities

Jan 21, 2016 - As long as the cap is limiting emissions, subsidizing an emission reduction from one capped source will simply free –up allowances for other emitters to use. The end result is a change in the sources of emissions, but no change in the overall level of emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3328

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - These free allowances are intended to protect electric consumers from significant cost increases associated with the program. To that end, utilities are required to consign most of these free allowances to auction and use the proceeds to provide rebates to consumer s, known as the “California Climate Credit. ” These rebates currently are provided to residential customers each year in April and October.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - Furthermore, any such benefits would have to be weighed against the significant additional capital outlay and operational costs of providing corpsmember slots in a residential center setting compared to nonresidential slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - (This is true even under the Governor ’s higher revenue projections, as the administration ’s proposal includes actions to free up capacity for new spending proposals, including creating a settle ‑up obligation for schools and community colleges and suspending a transfer to the state ’s rainy day fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - Making Program Allocations Fixed Amounts Frees Up Funding for Other Legislative Priorities if Revenues Are Comparatively High. By changing from percentage ‑based to fixed allocations for existing programs, S B  840 effectively caps the amount of funding provided to these programs at predetermined, set amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Feb 18, 2025 - As a result, every dollar of new spending essentially requires making offsetting reductions elsewhere in the 2025 ‑26 budget or foregoing the opportunity to leave money in state reserves to prepare for future budget challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - Additionally, APCF potentially could be used to support some activities currently being funded with GGRF, thereby freeing up those dollars to help fund other priorities. ZEV Proposal Does Not Meet High Bar for New Expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - CSI Increased Adoption of Rooftop Solar, but Significant Portion of Rebates Went to “Free ‑Riders. ” As discussed earlier, total distributed solar PV generation reduced annual emissions by up to 6 MMT in 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131