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

Mar 2, 2023 - This includes $2.5  billion from projected budget-year auction proceeds and $298  million from other GGRF revenues (such as interest earnings, additional current-year revenues from the November 2022 auction, and utilizing the existing GGRF fund balance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - These include (1) $78.1  million ongoing to continue the Youth Jobs Corps program that was established as a 2.5 ‑year program using federal funds, and (2) $4.7  million annually through 2025 ‑26 and $9.3  million ongoing thereafter to double and extend the Climate Action Corps program that was established as five ‑year pilot effort.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

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

Nov 14, 2022 - (PM2.5 refers to fine particulate matter of 2.5 microns in diameter or less.) As a point of comparison, the California Air Resources Board estimates that wildfires in the recent severe fire years of 2018 and 2020 emitted roughly 380 and 1,070 Gg of PM2.5, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - Environmental Protection California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery The spending plan includes $2.5  billion for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), a 13  percent ($293  million) increase compared to revised prior-year spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - This includes $50  million for a museum grant program, $10  million for the Museum of Tolerance, and $2.5  million for the Holocaust Museum. Presidio Improvement Project. The budget provides $27.5  million from the General Fund on a one-time basis to convert an existing parking lot in the Presidio in San Francisco into parkland.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - While an assessment from SWRCB estimates a cumulative net benefit of $2.5 billion, an independent review conducted by a private consulting firm—which raises credible questions about SWRCB’s estimates—projects net costs of $7.4 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - . $550  million to double the size of a recently created program that awards grants up to $25,000 to businesses and nonprofits with revenues under $2.5  million that were impacted by the pandemic. Other Business Grants. $250  million for California Competes to provide grants to businesses in addition to its traditional tax credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492