The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - Successful deterrence is important because it protects public health and the environment by dissuading businesses and individuals from committing violations and persuading violators to take precautions against falling into noncompliance again.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - Re ‑establish geographic parity of residential programs whereby there are residential centers within the most heavily populated areas of the state. Demonstrate correlation of expansion of residential facilities with expanded enrollment and increased reimbursement opportunities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - By holding SWRCB accountable to the Bay ‑Delta Plan ’s objectives and shining a light on the successes, challenges, and unintended consequences of the VA program, the Legislature can help ensure the state achieves its environmental and water management goals for this important watershed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (We note that this change would not limit DTSC ’s current efforts to pursue potentially responsible parties for cost recovery —the primary mechanism that would, if successful, help reimburse General Fund loans and special fund expenditures for Exide residential cleanup.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - Assessment Successful Implementation of SGMA Is Fundamental to State ’s Management of Water Resources The passage of SGMA was a critical first step towards better groundwater management, and successful implementation of the act ’s requirements should continue to be a state priority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Student Success Coaches. The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - Monitoring the degree to which the department is meeting these objectives —such as improving the registration and reevaluation of pesticides —also would inform the Legislature on the successes and challenges of implementing the augmentations and, in turn, guide potential future programmatic modifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - As a result, it unclear how the administration would know if the proposed program were successful once it was implemented. Not Targeted to High ‑Risk, High ‑Need Parolees. As discussed above, research suggests that rehabilitation programs are most likely to be successful when targeted at high ‑risk, high ‑need individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2020-21 Budget: Climate Change Proposals

Feb 13, 2020 - As with project selection criteria, the bond would task administering agencies with the responsibilities of developing evaluation guidelines, establishing metrics of success, and designing monitoring and reporting requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4155

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - For example, a recent study found that over 104,000 existing jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area—including from some of the highly successful technology companies located along the Bay’s shore—would need to relocate or be lost under a scenario of four feet of flooding in the region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261