The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - SWRCB also found that approximately 48  percent of individual state-only permits processed recently could have instead been processed as dredge/fill certifications before Sackett . SWRCB estimates an individual state-only dredge/fill permit requires up to 140 more staff hours than a dredge/fill certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Additionally, the budget agreement includes intent to provide $83.6  million in General Fund and 48 positions for College Corps in 2026-27 and ongoing, making the program permanent. (Previous funding for the program was only provided on a pilot, limited-term basis through 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - As it relates to the 2030 goal, perhaps the most significant change in the 2022 plan (as compared to previous Scoping Plans) is that it identifies a new GHG target of 48  percent below the 1990  level, compared to the current statutory goal of 40  percent below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - The legislation would allow DPR to levy new administrative penalties of up to $15,000 for entities who do not provide this information within 48 hours after being requested. DPR indicates that this information would o nly be requested after the department identifies that a particular lot of produce carries illegal pesticide residues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Specifically, over the same four ‑year period, PG &E, SCE, and SDG &E average rates have increased by between 48  percent and 67  percent. Additionally, although electricity rates in California have exceeded the national average for many years, the gap has grown substantially in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

May 13, 2021 - As of May 10, 2021, precipitation levels were tracking at 48  p ercent of average for the year in the Northern Sierra region, 49 percent in the mid‑Sierra San Joaquin region, and 36 percent further south in the Tulare Basin region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Legislation approved in 2018 established a long-term urban water use efficiency framework to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life,” creating new requirements for urban retail water suppliers across the state. This report responds to a requirement that our office assess implementation of the framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - A key strategy for reducing home losses during wildfires is for homeowners to maintain an area free of excess or dead vegetation around their homes, known as defensible space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457