The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - Depending on the magnitude of how much it was to lower fuel taxes, such a price reduction could potentially result in more driving and higher fuel consumption, which in turn could lead to relative increases in GHG emi ssions and other forms of  pollution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 2006 Budget Act

Supplemental Report of the 2006 Budget Act
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/supp_report/supp_rpt_2006.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: The Protect Our Homes Act

California statutes also require public agencies to compensate property owners (including, in some cases, lessees) for the loss of business goodwill and relocation costs associated with emi nent domain activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/051016.htm

^[PDF] California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act

The measure would limit government’s ability to acquire property through the emi- nent domain process. Because government would have an increased incentive to ac- quire property from willing sellers, property owners might charge government more for their properties and/or government might buy less property than otherwise would be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070443.pdf

^[PDF] The California Renewable Energy and Clean Alternative Fuel Act

This measure allows the state to sell $6 billion in GO bonds for various renewable energy, alternative fuel, energy efficiency, and air emis- sions reduction purposes. Figure 1 summarizes available uses of the bond money, Hon.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070979.pdf

^[PDF] 2007-08 Budget Overview: Resources and Environmental Protection (Including an Overview of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program)

Special funds $1 billion 63% Selected bond funds $352 million 21% Federal funds $173 million 11% General Fund $86 million 5% $1.6 billion 5L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 5, 2007 Major budget changes are concentrated in the Air Resources Board and include: + $96.5 million (Proposition 1B bond funds) for Lower Emis- sion School Bus Program. + $24.4
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2007/0708_Budget_Overview_Resources_Environmental_030507.pdf

^[PDF] LAO's Critique of the AB 32 Scoping Plan Economic Analysis

Despite its predic- tion of eventual net economic benefi t, the scoping plan fails to lay out an investment pathway to reach its goals for GHG emis- sions levels in 2020. Such a pathway would describe, year-by- year, the investments required by implementation of the plan and the timing of the economic return on those investments.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2009/Critique_of_AB_32_03_09_09.pdf

^[PDF] 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources

2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Resources
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/resources/resource_anl09.pdf

^[PDF] Major Financial Legislation Enacted in 1988

In addition, the ARB is required to take neces- sary actions by January 1, 1992 to reduce motor vehicle emis- sions by the year 2000 and to adopt regulations by January 1, 1992 that reduce emissions from consumer products.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1988/11_88_major_financial_legislation_enacted_in_1988.pdf

^[PDF] Implementation of AB 32 - Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

However they are allocated, an emitter that had excess emis- sion allowances (for example, because it was effective in reducing its GHG emissions) could sell them to other emitters still needing them to comply with the regulation.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/ab32_implementation/ab32_implementation_041410.pdf