The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions 90 $6,314.1 For a variety of reasons, we do not reflect certain capital outlay projects in the figure or linked table. Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated, such as some bond
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Assembly Bill 130 also shortens coastal zone housing permit review times under the Permit Streamlining Act, generally from 180 to 90 days. Chapter  24 of 2025 (SB  131, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) further amends CEQA to require that housing development projects meeting all but one CEQA exemption criteria be reviewed solely on that issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - For example, MVA transferred around $90  million per year to the General Fund from 2009 ‑10 through 2018 ‑19. Additionally, special funds can help ease General Fund pressures by absorbing certain expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - In particular, fuel tax reductions would need to be enacted 60 to 90 days before they could go into effect. What Are the Key Fiscal and Policy Trade ‑Offs? In prioritizing relief, the Legislature will also need to balance this against its other budget and policy aims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - The FMAG program reimburses states for eligible costs —such as mobilization, equipment, and supplies —incurred during the first 90 days after grant approval. FEMA typically reimburses 75  percent of eligible costs through the FMAG program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - For example, a 2020 study found that MERV 14E filters were about 40 percent effective on average at reducing PM2.5, with a range of between 15 percent and 90 percent depending on the characteristics of the homes and HVAC systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Specifically, the legislation requires that a combination of renewable and zero-carbon sources make up 90  percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95  percent by 2035. Additionally, the legislation requires that by 2035, renewable and zero-carbon sources must supply 100  percent of the electricity used to serve state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Additionally, Chapter  361 of 2022 (S B  1020 , Laird) set interim targets to this goal, requiring that zero ‑carbon sources make up 90  percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95  percent by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - The Legislature set interim targets on the path to this goal via Chapter 361 of 2022 (SB 1020, Laird), which requires that zero‑carbon sources make up 90 percent of statewide electricity sales by 2030 and 95 percent by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - The Forestry Corps operates from four nonresidential (Chico, Napa ‑Solano, Pomona, and Inland Empire) and two residential (Tahoe and Greenwood) centers and has capacity for 90 corpsmembers at any given time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487