A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - The Legislature should also consider how those costs and benefits compare to those of alternative ways of spending state funds to achieve other policy goals and priorities. That is, the Legislature would want to consider the benefits of the environmental proposals against what might be achieved by spending a like amount of money elsewhere.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures

May 16, 2016 - How Do CZ Recycling Centers Make Money? As shown in Figure 2, CZ recyclers earn money from two main sources: the sale of collected scrap material and payments from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund (BCRF) —processing payments, handling fees, and administrative fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3466

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3298

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - However, gasoline price changes fail to capture overall net economic costs in a couple of key ways. Often Reflects Economic Transfers, Not Economic Costs. In some cases, higher gasoline prices paid by households and businesses is simply a transfer of money, rather than a net economic cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Specifically, the survey found that 23  percent of respondents earn $30,000 or less; 19  percent earn between $30,001 and $60,000; 15  percent earn between $60,001 and $90,000; and 11  percent report earning between $90,001 and $120,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

Cap-and-Trade Revenues: Strategies to Promote Legislative Priorities

Jan 21, 2016 - (For more information on the ways in which the administration ’s approach to the Second Investment Plan is lacking, see our September 2015 online report Framework for Cap–and–Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3328

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Typically, the first step that rate ‑setting entities take is to determine the amount of money the utility should be allowed to recover through rates to support the main components of the electricity system and other activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - The money in the CDRA is continuously appropriated to the CCC and may be used for the following purposes: ( 1)  p rogram expansion to hire more corpsmembers, ( 2)  e nhancement of corpsmember education and educational support services, ( 3)  e nhancement of equipment used by corpsmembers in projects, and ( 4)  p rogram support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The Legislature can use excess revenues in three ways: (1)  appropriate more money for purposes excluded from the SAL (under the Governor ’s proposal, the common new spending for this purpose is capital outlay), (2)  split the excess between additional school and community college district spending and taxpayer rebates, or (3)  lower tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432