The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 2, 2026 - WDRs (state ‑only dredge/fill permit) State and Regional Water Boards For non ‑WOTUS waters of the state, regulates discharges of dredged or fill material. Same as above, but for non ‑WOTUS waters of the state (for example, isolated wetlands and ephemeral streams).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - (The remaining residual positions span across 14 non-environmental departments, with most at the Department of Industrial Relations and Department of Veterans Affairs.) Figure 2 JLBC Did Not Concur With Elimination of 349 Environmental Positions Department Residual Positions Subject to Legislative Review Position Eliminations With Which JLBC Did Not Concur Departmental
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2016-17 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 25, 2016 - As shown in Figure 1, program enrollment had been steadily declining prior to adding wireless service in 2014. After adding wireless service, program enrollment has increased significantly. The additional enrollment has also contributed to significant cost increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3373

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Instead, those fixed costs typically must be built into the volumetric electricity r ates that are paid by other (non ‑solar) customers. CPUC ’s estimates of the costs of the NEM program to non ‑solar IOU ratepayers range from roughly 10  percent to 20  percent of an average non ‑California Alternate Rates for Energy customer ’s monthly electricity bill depending on the utility —accumulating to over $200 to $400 annually per customer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Moreover, if the Legislature does not use GGRF to help ad dress the state ’s budget problems, it will be faced with making even greater reductions to General Fund-supported programs or increasing revenues by a like amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - To avoid adding undue reporting burdens for the administration, we recommend the Legislature be selective and focus any such requirements on the areas for which additional information would be most helpful in informing future efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958