The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - The  Governor ’s budget provides a total of $922.4  million General Fund over two years ($323  million in 2022 ‑23 and $600  million in 2023 ‑24) to CEC for two new residential building decarbonization programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2022 - However, we recommend the Legislature continue to conduct oversight of the programmatic expansions being proposed and to revisit staffing levels in future years. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4497

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state ‑reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation [Publication Details] The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget proposes $200 million General Fund over two years for the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) within the Department of Conservation (DOC) to plug deserted wells and decommission associated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4508

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - Under those two revenue scenarios, we estimated that total revenue would exceed the Governor’s budget assumptions by $600 million (low scenario) to $2.8 billion (base scenario) over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2022 - In this brief, we provide our initial assessment and recommendations in response to the Governor's wildfire resilience package, which would provide $1.2 billion over two years (including $800 million of new funding) for proposals intended to reduce the risk of severe and damaging wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4495

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - These estimates include only projects implemented in the last few years. Technology Advancement. This is based on our assessment of the degree to which each program could help promote zero ‑emission technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - The program funds up to 50  percent of the total project costs, with the maximum grant amount capped at $3  million per project during the initial years of the program and $2  million per project in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

The 2020-21 Budget: Climate Change Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2020 - This report assesses the Governor’s major 2020-21 budget proposals related to climate change. The four proposals we evaluate are the Governor's (1) cap-and-trade expenditure plan ($965 million), (2) expanded climate adaptation research and technical assistance activities ($25 million), (3) new Climate Catalyst loan fund ($250 million), and (4) climate bond ($4.75 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4155

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - In addition to early action funding, the Governor ’s January budget proposed funding in 2021 ‑22 for wildfire and forest resilience activities (for a total of $1  billion over the two years). In our recent publication The 2021‑22 Budget: Wildfire Resilience Package , we identified overarching issues for the Legislature to consider as it evaluates the Governor’s current- and budget-year proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414