New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - Chapter  53 of 2023 (SB  124, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) authorizes the Infrastructure and Economic Development  Bank (I-Bank) to spend future federal funding that the state might receive through the Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

Improving California’s Response to the Environmental and Safety Hazards Caused by Abandoned Mines

Aug 4, 2020 - The sites were assigned to three tiers based upon incurred and future estimated remediation costs as follows: ( 1)  T ier 1 i ncluded 12 m ines where costs ranged from $ 10  m illion to $ 100  m illion or more, ( 2)  T ier 2 i ncluded 52 m ines where costs ranged from $ 1  m illion to $ 10  m illion, and ( 3)  T ier 3 i ncluded 53 m ines where costs ranged from $100, 000 t o $ 1  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - As a result, in this report, we often focus o n changes in emissions and generation sources that occur after 2009 i n order to avoid capturing changes that are simply due to an accounting change. This is especially relevant when discussing changes in imports and coal generation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - . $23.4  Million Ongoing General Fund Beginning in 2021 ‑ 22 t o Backfill Shortfall and Maintain Service Expansions. The Governor proposes that the Legislature act now to authorize funding for 2021 ‑ 22 t hat would allow the department to sustain existing service levels —including the recent expansions described in Figure   9 —when the three years of funding provided by the Legislature in 2018 ‑ 19 i s scheduled to expire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - So far, 2021 i s shaping up to be even drier. As of May 10, 2021, precipitation levels were tracking at 48  p ercent of average for the year in the Northern Sierra region, 49 percent in the mid‑Sierra San Joaquin region, and 36 percent further south in the Tulare Basin region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - Should the tax exemption be extended to businesses with 50 t o 99 e mployees? Should rates be maintained for businesses with 100 t o 499 e mployees? Should Pandemic Relief Measures Be Revisited in Future Years?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Third, the 2021 ‑ 22 b udget was amended in September 2021 t o include a $ 988 m illion wildfire resilience package, which included $ 13 m illion from the General Fund on a one ‑time basis for defensible space inspectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Figure   1 o n the next page identifies the different types of water systems in California. As described in the figure, a public water system is one that provides water for human consumption and has 15 o r more service connections, or regularly serves at least 25 i ndividuals daily at least 60 days out of the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - For instance, the most recent grant round had 499 applicants requesting a total of $129  million, but only had sufficient funding to award $53  million to 195 grantees. Additionally, the Governor ’s proposal to provide $350,000 to continue the existing evaluation of the Farm to School Incubator Grant Program could support future improvements and refinements to the program, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Specifically, as the budget condition worsened, some o f these funds were reduced or shifted to other funding sources (primarily GGRF) to help resolve the budget deficit and make room for other state budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958