Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Urban water suppliers employ various strategies to meet and manage customers ’ water use needs, including strategies to reduce demand, especially during times of drought. These  include: Using Different Rate Structures or Raising Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - For example, in 2006, the Ports of Lon g Beach and Los Angeles adopted a Clean Air Action Plan, which contains a number of pollution reduction programs and strategies. As a result of implementing this plan and other strategies, between 2005 and 2020, the ports reported significant reductions in PM, NOx, and sulfur oxides emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - Second, focusing on only the top five facilities likely excludes some key department assets. For example, the California Department of Parks and Recreation identified the top five state parks and beaches most at risk from sea-level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - This means that $68  million of Proposition  4 funding is not being provided on top of previous funding for land stewardship, but instead replaces those previous allocations. As  noted earlier, the Governor uses the freed ‑up funds for a number of other expenditures throughout the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Such activities would include statewide conferences, training events, and the development of additional strategies to promote the adoption of farm to school practices. Funding would be administered by CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - Consistent with that, research suggests that the trend towards smaller, lighter vehicles (such as driven by federal fuel economy standards) has correlated with increased crash frequency but has not resulted in increased fatalities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3912

Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts

Dec 10, 2019 - Our office has estimated that on top of the 100, 000 t o 140,000 housing units typically built in the state each year, California probably would have to build as many as 100,000 additional units annually —almost exclusively in its coastal communities —to seriously mitigate housing affordability problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4121

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

Mar 18, 2026 - While VAs can result from litigation, they differ from regular court orders or traditional top ‑down regulations in that the affected parties negotiate a settlement to try to achieve agreed ‑upon objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - If the Legislature believes these projects are a top priority and chooses to fund them, it likely will need to make additional reductions to other planned expenditures given the worsening budget picture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities - Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities [Video]

Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities - Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities [Video] Search LAO Videos Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities January 27, 2016 On January 21st, 2016, our office released Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities , a report about California’s cap-and-trade program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=98