The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - By contrast, dredge/fill certifications only require public notice of an application and do not require responses to comments. SWRCB indicates that the vast majority of dredge/fill projects do not receive public comments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; DOF = Department of Finance; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; SB  840  =  Chapter  121 of 2025 (SB 840, Lim ón); AB 617 = Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - However, in many cases, the residual positions in question supported by special funds do not have a direct impact on the General Fund and thus do not factor directly into efforts to balance the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Jan 21, 2016 - (We note that although Companies  A,  B, and  C incur costs to purchase allowances, economists generally do not consider these to be net economic costs to society, partly because the allowances do not result in a reduction in emissions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3328

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Our recommendation to defer action on this proposal reflects our view that the Legislature should have sufficient time to fully c onsider the potential impacts of this proposal, particularly given that it is not directly related to passing or implementing the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - Inmates qualify for camps if CDCR has determined they ( 1)  c an be safely housed in a low ‑security environment, ( 2)  c an work outside a secure perimeter under relatively low supervision, and ( 3)  a re medically fit for conservation camp work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jun 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan a Allocations based on Governor ’s estimate of $2.5 billion in 2020 ‑21. b Includes $12 million allocation in budget act. c Governor ’s estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - In total, these agencies reported about 15, 100 c itations annually. Of the 43 r espondents, 17 agencies reported issuing no citations, 8 agencies reported issuing 10 o r fewer citations, and 10 agencies reported issuing between 10 and 100 c itations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - Notably, under current law, some generation sources that do not directly emit GHGs, such as large hydroelectric and nuclear, do not qualify under RP S. Distributed generation, such as rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic), technically can qualify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - Current CVRP estimates provided by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) do not take either of these interactions into account when estimating cost ‑effectiveness. As a result, we do not include these estimates in our cost ‑effectiveness analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561