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

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In a 2010 report , SWRCB concluded that “current flows are insufficient.” The report also acknowledged the need for non‑flow habitat improvements, noting that flow and physical habitat measures are not interchangeable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Jan 13, 2025 - In other words, we are not describing the budget condition as having a surplus or a deficit at this time. These concepts are inherently tools of communication, not accounting, and are ultimately somewhat subjective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

May 27, 2025 - In other words, CEQA would continue to apply to any regulations or orders issued by water boards —as well as any changes to water rights —to carry out the WQCP. In our view, the Legislature would benefit from additional information, such as a detailed side-by-side comparison, about how various statutory and regulatory requirements differ and overlap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

May 7, 2025 - To the extent CARB were able to continue a cap ‑and ‑trade program absent explicit additional statutory authority, it could face limitations around how it structures the program and how GGRF revenues could be used, particularly in light of the requirements of Proposition  26 of 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Starting in 2010, U.S. EPA has issued various waivers for the adoption of up to 15  percent ethanol in gasoline (known as E15) for 2001 and newer conventional vehicles. (The use of E15 is not authorized for older vehicles, motorcycles, lawnmowers and other types of off ‑road equipment, delivery trucks, or other types of heavy ‑duty vehicles.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - As we described earlier, the Legislature narrowed the language of the budget bill in 2010 ‑11 to limit the use of the E ‑Fund to “situations where CalFire ’s initial attack forces are unable to cope with a wildland fire emergency, for additional fire detection capability and prepositioning of resources during periods of high fire risk, or to respond to valid requests for mutual
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Under the statewide requirements imposed by Proposition  26 in 2010, however, POUs are limited in their ability to support new or expanded programs and activities that are not directly related to providing electricity services, such as expansions to programs that provide discounts based on income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - In other words, it is often unclear whether funding certain activities is likely to produce more jobs and economic activity in the state than alternative spending options in the current economic climate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308