The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - (Some environmental groups participated in early VA discussions but later withdrew, and tribal participation has been limited. None of those groups or tribes participated in or signed on to the final agreement.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - In some cases, hard to reach groups have linguistic or cultural barriers that require customized communications approaches. Other groups may have a distrust for public agencies and could be more receptive to a message that they receive from a community leader or another trusted messenger.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Under this approach, firefighters would rotate on and off duty together as a group rather than individually. For example, an engine might be staffed by a team made up of a Fire Captain, Fire Apparatus Engineer, and Fire Fighter I on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; a separate trio of individuals on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and a third group on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Jan 7, 2025 - This  third step also includes decisions on the level and structure of fixed and volumetric charges, including across different groups of customers. (As we discuss in more detail below, most IOU customers with solar panels and/or who are low income generally have different rates from other groups of customers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

May 19, 2025 - Moreover, if the Legislature does not use GGRF to help ad dress the state ’s budget problems, it will be faced with making even greater reductions to General Fund-supported programs or increasing revenues by a like amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

May 27, 2025 - However, environmentalists, commercial fishing interests, native tri bes, and community groups are concerned that the resulting instream flows under the VA pathway would be inadequate for protecting native fish and maintaining healthy conditions in the Delta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - To avoid adding undue reporting burdens for the administration, we recommend the Legislature be selective and focus any such requirements on the areas for which additional information would be most helpful in informing future efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958