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

Jun 4, 2020 - In addition to these considerations, some questions the Legislature might want to consider when structuring its GGRF expenditure plan are: How Much Carryover Funding Is Available From Prior Years? Typically, some programs get a few years to spend GGRF funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250

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

Jan 7, 2025 - This is because when solar customers do not pay for fixed costs (as generally was the case with NEM 1.0 and NEM 2.0), the costs do not go away. Instead, those fixed costs typically must be built into the volumetric electricity r ates that are paid by other (non ‑solar) customers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - As a result, in concept, the decision about who gets the allowances essentially determines where the revenue from the charges paid by emitters will go, including which entities will receive these revenues and for what purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - For example, some state beaches have had difficulty implementing new fees or fee increases due to local resistance and challenges in getting approval from the Coastal Commission. How park administrators weigh these different factors can significantly affect final fee decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527

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

May 27, 2025 - Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP. This would allow DWR to pay for the project in the same way that it has paid for other SWP facilities, that is, by issuing revenue bonds which then would be required to be repaid by contracting SWP water agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - Many of state ’s clean energy programs historically have been paid for by IOU ratepayers through higher electricity rates, even though some of the primary goals of these programs (such as GHG reductions) accrue to the broader public.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - Farmers can plan for how to quickly get their livestock to higher ground. Individuals, businesses, or farmers can also “floodproof ” structures so they are prepared to handle occasional floodwaters. For example, this could include raising the structure ’s elevation by building impermeable walls and entry points ( “dry ” floodproofing), or by ensuring anything located on the ground floor can get wet ( “wet ” floodproofing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Additionally, when certain special funds are facing deficits, the state has used the General Fund to cover some costs that the funds might otherwise have paid. For instance, in 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state used General Fund rather than MVA to pay for office replacements at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and CHP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - Some examples include: In response to higher prices for gasoline, people might chose an alternative mode of transportation to get to work (such as rail or transit). In this scenario, they might give up ( 1)  l eisure time at home if the trip takes longer, ( 2)  c onvenience related to being able to travel when you want rather than being on a fixed transit schedule, and/or ( 3)  c omfort related to being in their own vehicle rather than sharing space on transit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

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

Feb 17, 2026 - As such, reducing positions and expenditures could mean that funds —at least in the near term —end up sitting unused in account balances rather than supporting the activities that fee-payers have paid the state to undertake.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124