The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, in recent years, the state has supported the Driving Clean Assistance and regional Clean Cars 4 All (CC4All) programs through periodic budget appropriations. These programs provide income ‑qualified households with rebates toward the purchase of ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

May 7, 2025 - GHG Emission Reductions One of the Clear Goals for Reauthorization Is Promoting GHG Reductions. One obvious legislative priority is pursuing GHG reductions, which traditionally has been the main purpose of the cap ‑and ‑trade program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

May 12, 2022 - Depending on the magnitude of how much it was to lower fuel taxes, such a price reduction could potentially result in more driving and higher fuel consumption, which in turn could lead to relative increases in GHG emi ssions and other forms of  pollution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - In short, the program is not stringent enough —that is, it will not drive the additional emission reductions needed to close a 2030 emissions gap. One key reason for this is because there will be more than enough allowances available for covered entities to continue to emit at levels exceeding the 2030 target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - However, cap-and-trade currently is not stringent enough to drive the additional emissions reductions needed to meet the state ’s 2030 GHG emissions reduction goal. This is because, over the past several years, covered entities and outside investors have accumulated and banked a significant number of unused allowances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - . — $0.9 a CalHeatScore implementation Support one new and one existing position to coordinate and conduct outreach on local government adoption of the new statewide extreme heat ranking system pursuant to Chapter 264 of 2022 (AB 2238, L.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 18, 2026 - One of several goals the Legislature expressed for the Delta through approval of the Delta Reform Act in 2009 (Chapter 5 [SB X7 1, Simitian]) was accelerating the process for determining flow needs to protect public trust resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - Eliminating planned one ‑time spending generally is less disruptive than cutting support for base, ongoing programs. However, nearly all of this one ‑time funding has now been spent or committed to specific projects and thus cannot easily be pulled back.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Also,  by proposing only one year of project funding at a time —rather than a multiyear spending plan —the Governor gives the Legislature more opportunities to review and weigh in on proposed bond funding and implementation on an annual basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - Second, most of these programs focus on light ‑duty vehicle and mobility programs which, in our view, only have modest potential to drive technological advancements —likely less than some of the heavy ‑duty ZEV programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561