The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - …However, Multiple Additional Stormwater-Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually. However, if CSM was to determine that each of the currently pending stormwater-related test claims constituted state-reimbursable mandates for costs incurred before 2018, the state could face greater costs to reimburse local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Sep 22, 2015 - In our view, the investment plan process is an appropriate venue to have a high-level discussion of how auction proceeds should be spent —not just were the money could be spent. The science is complicated and constantly being updated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3298

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - The Legislature can use oversight hearings to provide a venue to follow up on areas of concern identified by the Climate Bureau or CARB ’s reporting, gather key information, monitor the state ’s progress towards meeting legislative goals, identify lessons learned, and determine whether additional legislative intervention might be merited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Multiple Additional Stormwater ‑Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission. While not directly linked to this mandate, the commission has 37 pending test claims related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - The state also leases five buildings adjacent to the HSL for additional testing and office space. In addition, ARB currently conducts heavy ‑duty testing —such as testing of large diesel truck emissions —at the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) facility about ten miles away in Los Angeles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

Key Differences Between Recent Medical Cannabis Laws and Proposition 64: A Preliminary Review

Dec 20, 2016 - Distribution model Cannabis must be sent to an independent distributor prior to testing. Cannabis can generally be sent to testing without going through an independent distributor. Mobile delivery Local jurisdiction may prevent delivery of cannabis from a retailer to consumer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3517

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - The Legislature will want to consider the most appropriate venue for discussing and deliberating these proposed changes. For example, the Legislature could consider these proposals through the policy process, rather than as part of the budget process .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735