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

May 5, 2025 - (In addition, four of the six required activities were one time in nature and thus local governments have already completed them without cause to incur further costs.) …However, Multiple Additional Stormwater-Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - (In addition, some of the required activities were one time in nature and thus local governments have already completed them without cause to incur further costs.) …However, Multiple Additional Stormwater-Related Test Claims Pending at CSM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2019-20 Budget: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2019 - The budget provides $ 5  m illion in one ‑time General Fund support in 2018 ‑19 for grants to test drinking water for lead at licensed child care centers and to remediate lead in plumbing and drinking water fixtures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3933

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - For example, ARB estimates that 75 additional staff would be needed to fully staff the new testing facility once it is complete. In addition, ARB estimates $2  million to $7  million in one ‑time staff relocation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

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

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - In 2012, the Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed Chapter 524 (AB 685, Eng) , which established the state policy that “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

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

Dec 20, 2016 - Based upon discussions with state departments, this is an ambitious timeline because departments must finalize regulations and guidelines, have staff in place, and set up information technology systems in a shorter period of time than is normal for such a large and complex new regulatory program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3517

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor's Wildfire-Related Proposals

Feb 21, 2020 - Includes $20  million one time to create a mission tasking fund for state agencies that have been tasked by OES to perform response and recovery activities for declared disasters and $7.5  million ongoing to support 88 positions to administer the mission tasking fund and provide staff augmentations across the department. 110 Fire Eng ines. $25  million one
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4172

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff. Alternatively, the Legislature could direct resources to expanding statewide testing capacity and infrastructure that would allow schools to more easily access routine testing as a way to support school reopening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - Providing a full or partial CEQA exemption or alternative process for these state-only permits would reduce processing times. (SWRCB estimates t hat exempting state-only permits from having to meet CEQA requirements would shorten their preparation time lines by at least a year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144