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

May 5, 2025 - Notably, Proposition  218 did not define what activities are encompassed by “sewer services. ” A 2017 State Law Defined “Sewer, ” Making Fee Increases Less Burdensome. Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg) explicitly defined sewer to include both sanitary and stormwater systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The law library ’s staff has grown over time, increasing from seven positions in 2017-18 to ten positions in 2024-25. Its operating costs have grown from approximately $630,000 in 2017-18 to an estimated $1.3  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The share of Californians aged 12 and over having an SUD in the past year rose nearly 10  percent between 2015 ‑2017 and 2018 ‑2019. The consequences of these behavioral health challenges have also grown more severe.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $25  million annually beginning in 2017 ‑18 to pre ‑position mutual aid fire engines and other related equipment in order to decrease local response times to potentially destructive wildfires and other disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - References Bartik, Timothy J. (2017). "A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States. " Prepared for the Pew Charitable Trusts.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/821

The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - References Bartik, Timothy J. (2017). "A New Panel Database on Business Incentives for Economic Development Offered by State and Local Governments in the United States. " Prepared for the Pew Charitable Trusts.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/821

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2017 ‑18, UC raised it resident undergraduate and graduate academic charges by 2.7  percent. In a few other years, UC also assessed small increases to its Student Services Fee. In contrast to tuition charges, state support generally was rising over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Before the Legislature last extended the statutory authorization for the cap ‑and ‑trade program in 2017, revenues from GGRF began to decline due to investor uncertainty about the status of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960