The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - This is because the ongoing workload is uncertain but likely to be relatively small. To the extent CPUC determines it needs continued resources, it could request them through a future budget request.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

The 2020-21 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - Regardless of whether or not a lack of program awareness is identified as a key factor driving low take-up, there will likely be additional workload to implement programmatic changes intended to address the issues identified in the program assessment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4184

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - In general, we think there is a reasonable policy argument for government funding to promote the development of newer technologies because the private sector will likely underinvest in these activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - (SET  events are subsurface reactions that increase temperatures within landfills, which can potentially damage liners and gas collection systems and pose risks to the environment and nearby communities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - The expedited pace of the Sea ’s retreat and increased salinity resulting from the forthcoming decline in fresh water inflow is likely to exacerbate negative conditions around the Sea and associated economic effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - This could result in the need to make some minor midyear adjustments —potentially totaling in the low tens of millions of dollars —to programs receiving discretionary allocations in 2025-26. (Under this revenue scenario, the statutory allocations that receive funding on a percentage basis also would be reduced somewhat compared to budget act assumptions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - Fortunately, recent data suggest that the 2017 water year (October 2016 through September 2017) is very likely to be significantly better than recent years. Precipitation has been far above average throughout much of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - What is the time line for completing future assessments? Do departments have the requisite expertise and resources to complete these assessments? Identification of Key Risks to Facilities and Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

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

May 12, 2022 - Providing tax refunds to vehicle owners would be less directly linked to fuel consumption, but would provide some related relief given that these individuals likely drive to some degree. Providing rebates to zero ‑emission vehicle owners (as included in the Governor ’s proposal), however, would not have any link to gas price  burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - However, the department also uses this authority to support activities that it does not categorize as such and that go well beyond the typical definition of prepositioning, including significant expansions and/or extended use of resources like support staff, contracted helicopters, seasonal CalFire firefighters, and National Guard crewmembe rs for a period of multiple months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765