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

Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development

Sep 22, 2015 - As we have written previously ( here and here ), spending money on activities that reduce GHG emissions from covered entities might not actually reduce overall GHG emissions but instead simply change the mix of emission reduction activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3298

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - This is because the money used to pay the wages of these additional jobs comes from somewhere else in the economy. For example, the money used to pay these workers could come from households paying higher prices or higher taxes or fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Funding Proposals From State Operations Has Implications for Money Left Available for Other Tiers. Under the administration ’s interpretation of the S B  840 methodology (which would be codified in the proposed budget trailer legislation), activities that are funded as part of GGRF state operations are prioritized above nearly all other programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2016-17 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 16, 2016 - The revenue deposited in the OHV Trust Fund is intended to reflect tax revenues from purchases made by OHV users. Therefore, using the money for SVRAs and other activities that support OHV recreation provides a direct benefit to these tax payers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3354

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - In most cases, such shifts in how funding is allocated in the annual budget likely will not result in meaningful economic stimulus. (There might be some short ‑term stimulative benefits associated with spending additional money from one of the state ’s budget reserve accounts, but constitutional requirements likely limit the Legislature ’s ability to spend those funds on most environmental projects.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Step 3: Determine How to Structure Residential Rates. The third step generally includes determining how to structure the rates for residential customers to generate the required revenues. This includes determining how much of the money should be generated from fixed charges versus from volumetric charges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - CARB has not offered a persuasive explanation for why the Legislature should depart from this traditional approach to setting fee policy. Second, CARB has not provided adequate information over how it would use the proposed new authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980