Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Notably, Proposition  218 did not define what activities are encompassed by “sewer services. ” A 2017 State Law Defined “Sewer, ” Making Fee Increases Less Burdensome. Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg) explicitly defined sewer to include both sanitary and stormwater systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in a May 4, 2017 letter to JLBC, DOF indicated that the California Military Department required $1.6  million from DREOA for “unexpected equipment and personnel costs ” stemming from emergencies declared related to rainstorms and the damaged spillway of the Lake Oroville dam.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CTC competitively awards grants of $4,000 per participant per year for up to five years to LEAs, COEs, and charter schools. 170.0 California Examination and Assessment Fee Waiver Program 2022 ‑23 and Subsidized teacher preparation examination fees for teacher and administrator candidates CTC automatically awarded fee waivers to teacher and administrator candidates. 48.0 Bilingual Teacher
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The law library ’s staff has grown over time, increasing from seven positions in 2017-18 to ten positions in 2024-25. Its operating costs have grown from approximately $630,000 in 2017-18 to an estimated $1.3  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - For example, between 2017-18 and 2023-24, average hours per case increased from about 108 hours per month to just over 122 hours per month. This was an average annual increa se of about 2  percent. We are working with the administration to better understand the reason for assuming the average hours per case will not increase in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2017 ‑18, UC raised it resident undergraduate and graduate academic charges by 2.7  percent. In a few other years, UC also assessed small increases to its Student Services Fee. In contrast to tuition charges, state support generally was rising over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - From 2017‑18 through 2021‑22 (the most recent data available), the percent of high school completers in California attending any college decreased from 68 to 62 percent. Enrollment Growth Continues to be Overstated Due to Shift in Summer Courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Since 2017, the state has approved a total of $141.1  million ($7.5  million General Fund and $133.6  million lease revenue bond authority) to construct a 50 ‑bed mental health crisis facility at CIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986