Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - This includes the Eaton and Palisades fires, for which specific damage totals still were being refined as of this writing. While the state has experienced particularly large wildfires within the last several years as compared to over the past century, the number of acres burned in recent decades still is notably less than the historical average.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

May 27, 2025 - Still, those efficiencies would come at the loss of the CEQA analysis and its potential benefits. The costs and benefits associated with these trade-offs are complicated to a ssess, particularly without time to solicit input and feedback from a range of interested and affected parties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

May 19, 2025 - Specifically: Key Cost and Plan Information Still Missing. Under existing statute, the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) was supposed to provide a Project Update Report by March  1 including updated cost and schedule information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

May 7, 2025 - In year s where auction revenues are comparatively high, this would free up additional GGRF for spending on other legislative priorities while still providing certain and consistent funding streams to the existing  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Because this is a somewhat new activity, however, the state still lacks information regarding how effective this strategy is at mitigating the threats that higher temperatures pose to public health, particularly compared to other approaches the state could take with the same objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Specifically, they still receive bills from their relevant IOU but are charged for the CCA ’s electricity generation costs instead of the IOU ’s generation costs. (They still pay other IOU costs, including for transmission and distribution.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Feb 12, 2025 - If Revenue Trends Continue at Modest Decline, Planned Current ‑Year Expenditures Likely Still Feasible … Two auctions remain in the 2024 ‑25 fiscal year —February and May. We estimate that even if allowance prices continue to trail the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act ’s assumptions, if they remain at comparable levels to the past two auctions (roughly $31), GGRF likely will be able to continue to support the expenditures that currently are planned for 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Because whether E15 regulations ultimately will be developed and adopted still is uncertain, we find authorizing ongoing funding for positions to support its implementation now to b e premature. We therefore recommend the Legislature instead provide the requested funding on a two ‑year basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980