Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - For instance, between 1990 and 2020, the number of housing units in California ’s WUI grew from 3.6  million to 5.1  million (a 42  percent increase). Besides placing more people and structures in locations with higher wildfire risk, increased development and activity in the WUI can also raise the chance of human-caused fire ignitions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed include: (1) $60  million to provide additional grants under the Cal Competes program; (2)  the intent to partially restore an ongoing reduction to the trial courts, which, if enacted, would cost $42  million ongoing; and (3)  the Governor ’s proposed expansion to College Corps, which would cost $5  million in 2025 ‑26, but grow to $84  million  ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - Some other notable reductions include $42  million to various Wildlife Conservation Board programs that mitigate the impacts of climate change on wildlife and $18  million for development of the California Climate Information System, which had been intended to store and manage real-time climate data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - CAD/AVL programs CalFire $42 million ($24 million GF and $18 million SETNA) in 2022 ‑23, $31 million ($23 million GF and $8 million SETNA) ongoing, and 43 positions to expand and support AVL and CAD systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Air Quality Improvement Program ($42  Million). This mobile source incentive program focuses on reducing criteria pollutants and diesel particulate emissions. In recent years, CARB has allocated these revenues to help small-business fleet owners secure financing for cleaner truck upgrades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - In 2022 ‑23, the program provided grants to 42 host partners which in turn engaged two to three fellows each. CA Volunteers indicates that applications for funding significantly exceeded available funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Consistent with existing state law, the budget allocates (1) $79  million to backfill state revenue losses from  expanding a manufacturing sales tax exemption and (2)  $42  million to backfill revenue losses from suspending a fire prevention fee that was previously imposed on landowners in State Responsibility Areas (known as the SRA fee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

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

Oct 18, 2021 - The 2021 ‑22 provides $45  million —$42  million from the General Fund and $3  million from Proposition  12 (2000) —to purchase equipment and conduct activities across a number of CDFW ’s services. This includes funding to upgrade water conveyance systems and maintenance at state-owned wetlands ($9.8  million) and equipment at fish hatcheries ($7  million), to purchase equipment
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - From 2006 t o 2017, electricity sector emissions have declined by 42 MMT ( 40  p ercent). It is important to note that, in 2009, CARB changed the methods it used to estimate emissions from imported electricity, and CEC changed its methods for identifying the source of electricity imports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131