Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - One study estimates that by 2100 sea-level rise, combined with the impact of a 100-year storm, could put $150 billion of property value at risk in California, as well as cause loss of beaches and other coastal habitats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - Data from DPR indicate multiple cases in recent years where regulated entities did not provide requested sale and distribution information for contaminated produce in a timely manner (roughly 45 cases annually over the past five years) and where regulated entities distributed and/or moved quarantined produce (roughly three cases annually over the past five years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2022 -
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4644

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - State  and local agencies likely will be busy administering and implementing recently funded activities both in the budget year as well as in the coming years. As such, the Legislature will want to be mindful that state and local agencies likely will have limitations on their capacity to oversee and expend significant amounts of new funding in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - The proposed amount reflects a decrease of $ 355  m illion, or   41  p ercent, compared to projected current ‑year expenditures. The  year ‑to ‑year change largely reflects some one ‑time funds the department received in 2021 ‑22  that are not sustained at the same levels in the 2022 ‑23  proposal, including the $300  million to address brownfields as well as funding related to the Exide  facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - For example, the Governor ’s proposed budget includes $6.1 billion in total a five ‑year ZEV package, which includes $676 million from the GGRF. This is in addition to a $3.9 billion three ‑year package for ZEVs included in the 2021 ‑22 budget agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - For example, one alternative could be to approve some of these resources in the budget year and defer action on the remaining resources to a future year. (This could potentially be done without delaying the receipt of equipment, since some equipment such as the helicopters, will take multiple years to arrive regardless.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

The 2022-23 Budget: State Water Resources Control Board—Bay-Delta Plan Update

Jan 31, 2022 - (According to SWRCB, current unimpaired flows in these rivers range from 21  percent to 40  percent on average, but can run as low as 6  percent in dry or drought years, and average 10  percent to 20  percent during certain times of the year that are critical for migrating fish.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4506

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - Similarly, in the California Forest Carbon Plan , the state established a goal of conducting forest restoration and fuels treatment activities on 35,000 acres of forest lands per year by 2020, increasing to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308