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

Sep 12, 2024 - Figure reflects total amounts from 2022 ‑23 through 2027 ‑28. b Includes federal funds, interagency reimbursements, and Environmental License Plate Fund. FS = Fund Shift; R = Reduction; and D = Delay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Oct 16, 2023 - Figure 4 General Fund Unless Otherwise Noted (In Millions) Program 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 2023 ‑24 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27 Totals Investments in Strategic Reliability Assets DWR Energy data infrastructure and analysis CEC a Reflects the reduction in total funding from 2022 ‑23 through 2025 ‑26. b Includes $60 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). c Includes $345 million GGRF. d Funded with GGRF. e Includes $22 million GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

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

May 27, 2025 - A key question is whether all of the potential environmental impacts of different approaches would be identifie d or fully understood, considered, compared, and adequately addressed without the analysis the board currently undertakes to prepare substitute environmental documents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - In total, these agencies reported about 15, 100 c itations annually. Of the 43 r espondents, 17 agencies reported issuing no citations, 8 agencies reported issuing 10 o r fewer citations, and 10 agencies reported issuing between 10 and 100 c itations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - We did not identify any retrospective empirical research that identified the degree to which S B   1368 c ontributed to this decline. Based on conversations with various stakeholders, it is likely that the policy was a significant factor contributing to the decline in coal generation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

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

May 7, 2025 - Through A B  398 , the Legislature opted to provide more specific direction about certain program design features —such as specifying the share of compliance obligations that can be met with offsets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package c Administration ’s estimate. d LAO estimate based on average of FARMER and AB 617 incentives. GHG = greenhouse gas; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; HVIP = Hybrid and Zero ‑Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project; CORE = Clean Off ‑Road Equipment; FARMER = Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Chapter  488 of 2006 (A B  32 , N ú ñez) established the goal of limiting GHG emissions statewide to  1990 levels by 2020. In 2016, Chapter  249 (S B  32 , Pavley) extended the limit to  40  percent below  1990 levels by  2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals a Includes state, federal, and local shares of cost. b Source for any future state funding has not yet been determined. c U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

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

Feb 27, 2024 - Amount displayed does not include proposed increases related to this proposal. c Governor ’s proposal expected as part of the May Revision. d Does not include General Fund transfers. DPR = Department of Pesticide Regulation; DTSC = Department of Toxic Substances Control; DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; CNRA  =  California  Natural Resources Agency; Parks =
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858