The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Below, we discuss our recommendations to the Legislature, which we also summarize in Figure  5 . Figure 5 Summary of Recommendations for Proposition 4 Implementation Ensure Spending Plan Reflects Legislative Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Jan 13, 2025 - School and Community College Spending Higher by $5   Billion. Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - These include: (1) $10  million in 2021 ‑22 to build a new exhibit on antisemitism, (2) $5  million in 2022 ‑23 to support museum repairs and to purchase and retrofit a bus to deliver mobile learning services, (3) $2.1  million in 2023 ‑24 to renovate the museum ’s training center, and (4) $2  million in 2024 ‑25 to support further renovations at the training center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Such a proposal should include a robust justification for the specific fees the department proposes to levy, as well as key details on the proposed fees such as: (1) the specific activities that would be subject to the fees, (2) the proposed fee amounts, (3) the entities that would be subject to paying the fees, (4) the level of expected fee revenues, and (5) how the fee revenues would be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - This post is organized into five sections: (1) Wildfire Resilience and Prevention, which involves activities the state performs to decrease the incidence, intensity, and impacts of wildfires before they occur; (2) Wildfire Response, which includes firefighting and protection actions the state undertakes when a wildfire occurs; (3) Wildfire Recovery, which includes typical steps that take place
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

Jan 7, 2025 - In our January 2020 report, Assessing California’s Climate Policies ‑ Electricity Generation ,we found that RPS costs resulted in an almost 5 percent increase in overall retail rates for IOU customers, which was generally consistent with national studies of RPS programs in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The budget includes $5  million in 2024 ‑25 from the Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund and $51  million in reimbursement authority phased in over the next two years ($5  million in 2024 ‑25 and $46  million in 2025 ‑26) to repair damage from 2023 and 2024 winter storms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Oct 16, 2023 - It also includes $5  million in 2023 ‑24 (of which $1  million is ongoing) and seven positions to support federal permitting requirements at Fort Ord Dunes State Park. Addresses 2023 Winter Storm Damage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Along with policy changes to increase water use efficiency and conservation, the Legislature, Governor, and voters have approved approximately $1  billion in state funding over the past decade to support these goals, as shown in Figure  5 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - Under current law, a total of 65  percent of auction revenue is continuously appropriated to the following programs: the high-speed rail project (25  percent), Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (20  percent), Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (10  percent), low carbon transit operations (5  percent), and Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Program (5  percent, up to $130  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730