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

May 27, 2025 - Allowing DWR to advance funding to utilities for electrical work associated with the SWP and CVP (Section 9) . Issues for Legislative Consideration The proposed statutory changes raise important issues we recommend the Legislature consider carefully and deliberately before taking action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 24, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to provide CARB with a total of nearly 50 positions and over $9  million annually from the Air Pollution Control Fund (APCF) to implement the Zero ‑Emission Forklift (ZEF), Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF), and Zero ‑Emission Airport Shuttle (ZEAS) regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Figure  9 illustrates the degree to which solar cost shifts have increased in recent years according to an analysis by an economist from UC Berkeley—more than doubling since 2020. This is because (1) the fixed costs of the electricity system have grown over time (increasing the amount of the costs that are shifted) and (2) the number of customers with rooftop solar has increased
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - As displayed in Figure  9, the 2024 ‑25 budget includes a number of budget solutions within this package. These include $106  million in reductions and $5  million in fund shifts from the General Fund to GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Members of the public typically alert a local government about a disaster incident —such as a fire —through calls to the 9-1-1 system. Upon receiving such an alert, local first responders —such as police or fire departments —respond to the incident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - The administration estimates this proposal would have an associated General Fund cost of roughly $9  billion, but the actual cost would depend on what vehicle value threshold is established for providing refunds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - As shown in Figure  9, the budget maintains $1.1  billion (92  percent) of the previously approved funding levels. The figure also shows how the General Fund reductions are spread across several programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - We find the specific new caps the Governor proposes for the two mill assessments —33 .9  mills for all pesticides and the additional 1.04 mills specifically for agricultural use pesticides —to be reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - The state spent about 9 of the previous 11 years in drought (2012 ‑2016 and 2019 ‑2022). During the most recent drought, California experienced the driest three winter months on record (January through March  2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823