The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - To generate additional revenue for city activities, the city assesses various per-barrel taxes on the oil production that occurs within city limits. Over the past several decades, the city has applied these taxes to the state ’s share of tidelands revenue, reducing the amount of revenue the state receives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Local agencies —such as county fire departments and fire protection districts —are primarily responsible for fire protection in LRAs, which include areas such as incorporated cities and agricultural lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

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

May 17, 2021 - The funds will be transferred soon, but the state has until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released detailed guidance with more detail on how these funds can be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - For example, state agencies could begin to accept and review applications for potential water transfers among users now, before they are needed. Spending time reviewing such proposals and their potential impacts ahead of time could avoid some delays if it becomes clear that such transfers are necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - The Governor ’s proposed $ 13  m illion General Fund transfer would keep TSCA solvent and allow DTSC to continue its current program expenditures as the tax increase is implemented. Providing short ‑term funding for the fund is necessary if the Legislature wants DTSC to continue performing its existing level of activities in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor links these base increases to CSU and UC meeting three expectations: (1)  developing a plan to eliminate their achievement gaps by 2025, (2)  permanently increasing the share of courses they offer online by at least 10  percentage points over their pre-pandemic levels, and (3)  establishing “dual admissions ” pathways designed to simplify and expedite student transfer from community colleges to CSU and UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Senate Bill   200 r equires that beginning in 2023 ‑24 and through 2029 ‑30, if the amount automatically transferred from the GGRF to the SADW Fund does not total $ 130  m illion, sufficient monies from the General Fund shall also be transferred to make up the difference.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Specifically, budget trailer legislation allows the Director of Finance to transfer up to $130  million from the USTC Fund as a loan to the SADW Fund in 2020 ‑21 to help make up the difference should 5  percent of GGRF revenues fall short of that amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - For example, in winter 2019, a portion of railway tracks used to carry passengers between Los Angeles and San Diego had to be closed to repair damage from a bluff collapse near the City of Del Mar. Private Property In addition to publicly owned assets, private property is also threatened by the effects of SLR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

Improving California’s Response to the Environmental and Safety Hazards Caused by Abandoned Mines

Aug 4, 2020 - State law also permits local legislative bodies such as city councils and county boards of supervisors to declare as public nuisances and abate all abandoned excavati ons located upon private property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258