The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently adopted a regulation, Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II), which required manufacturers to sell a growing share of their vehicles as ZEVs in alignment with state goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program - Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program [Video]

Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program - Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB 's Cap-and-Trade Program February 9, 2012 In this video, Mark Newton, Tiffany Roberts, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=45&videoId=58

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

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities January 27, 2016
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The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - The department has not yet completed Tier II or Tier III but anticipates finishing these remaining steps by summer 2025. Once complete, CARB will use the multimedia evaluation process to determine whether to move forward with developing a regulation to authorize t he use of E15 in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - This web post discusses trends in residential water use and what these data imply for policymakers in the coming year. Average Residential Water Use in 2016: 85 Gallons Per Person Per Day. The reported data shows that on average Californians used 85 gallons of water per person per day in 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

How CalFire is Spending Recent Forest Health Funds

Nov 15, 2018 - Because it represents the state ’s most significant expenditure towards improving forest conditions, throughout the rest of this web post we provide additional detail on CalFire ’s Forest Health Program spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3902

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - In an attempt to address this challenge, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted the Advanced Clean Cars II rule on August 25, 2022. The rule requires that by 2035, 100  percent of new cars and light-duty trucks sold in California must be ZEVs or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

Lessons From Other States to Address California’s Redemption Center Closures

Apr 10, 2017 - Our May 2016 web post, Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures , identified market factors—specifically declining scrap values—and BCRP program payments that do not sufficiently cover recycler costs as the main causes of the closures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3649

Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight

Apr 4, 2017 - In this web post, we discuss the department ’s progress to date in addressing these deficiencies, focusing on those programs that have received additional funding and personnel resources. These programs include (1)  Hazardous Waste Management Program, (2)  Exide Facilities Contamination Cleanup Program, (3)  Site Mitigation and Brownfields Reuse Program, and (4)  Office of Strategic Planning and Development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3644

Hydraulic Fracturing: How It Works and Recent State Oversight Actions

Dec 1, 2016 - In this web post, we summarize the recent legislation and provide an update on its implementation by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and other state agencies. We start by providing a high-level overview of how oil and natural gas reservoirs are formed and why hydraulic fracturing is sometimes used to stimulate wells.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3513