The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Office of Emergency Services The budget provides $4.5  billion for the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), primarily from federal funds and the General Fund. This amount represents a decrease of $4.2  billion (48  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - E ‑Fund = Emergency Fund and CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Assessment In this section, we assess the design of the budget for the E ‑Fund. We begin with a discussion of the key characteristics that the state ’s budgeting approach for emergency fire protection should display.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Some funds for emergency-related activities are included in the annual budgets of state departments tasked with responding to emergencies —primarily CalFire, the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services, and the California Military Department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Trailer bill language adopted in Chapter  106 of 2025 (A B  149 , Committee on Budget) also allowed state agencies and departments to use the emergency rulemaking process under the Administrative Procedure Act to develop and adopt their bond program guidelines and selection criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician Training. The department would like to provide all corpsmembers who are training to be firefighters with Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician training. Advanced Tree ‑Faller Training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - Given that the Governor has declared a drought emergency, spending also could be exempted if the Legislature appropriates funds with a two‑thirds vote and the funds are deposited in a dedicated emergency response fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California [Publication Details]

Jan 7, 2025 - This report explores key questions that frequently emerge around residential electricity rates in California, including why electricity rates are relatively high, some resulting implications for ratepayers and state climate change goals, and notable emerging issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Various emerging issues have the potential to affect residential electricity rates in California. These include the increasing stringency of the state ’s GHG reduction goals, growing demands for electricity in the state, and increasing wildfire ‑related costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - In contrast, if allowance prices were to dip or substantially fewer allowances were to be sold than was the case in the November 2025 auction, an even greater funding gap could emerge. Considering this uncertainty, it will be important for the Legislature to closely monitor upcoming cap-and-invest auction results before finalizing its GGRF expenditure decisions for 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Mar 5, 2024 - These emergency authorizations are only permitted for a limited time within a defined geographical area and usually involve pesticides that have been registered for other uses (such as for different crops).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873