The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Funds Initiatives to Improve Coordination in Workforce Development. The 2025-26 budget includes funding for two initiatives, one in the LWDA and one in the Government Operations Agency (GovOps), to improve coordination between the state ’s workforce development and education agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - California Education Learning Lab and Golden State Awards Background State Has Provided Higher Education Innovation Awards. In every budget cycle from 2014 ‑15 to 2020 ‑21, Governors have proposed one ‑time grant initiatives to support innovative practices at the state ’s public higher education institutions that improve student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

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

Oct 16, 2025 - This program supports coordinators in 47 of 58 counties who work with local organizations and residents to improve community wildfire preparedness through education, events, and grant funding. Home Hardening Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - Not all areas are equally equipped to do forest management projects due to limited financial resources, local workforce, or organizational capacity. Prioritizing projects in the most financially disadvantaged communities is important because they are the ones least able to implement high ‑priority projects on their own, and it is of regional interest that all areas make progress in improving forest health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - Consider Importance of Funding Additional Water Resilience Activities This Year, Given Large Recent Investments. While improving longer ‑term statewide drought resilience has merit, we recommend the Legislature weigh this goal against its other 2022 ‑23 budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - For example, the overall stimulative effects of different environmental projects are difficult to compare to other types of spending —such as spending on education, broadband infrastructure, or financial relief for households and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Typically, electricity use is highest in the evenings when household members return home from work and use electric appliances, particularly during summer months when many households seek to keep their homes cool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Second, many agencies use inspections as an opportunity to educate homeowners about specific steps they can take to reduce their risk. Third, inspections can play an important role in homeowner financial assistance programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

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

May 7, 2025 - Such certainty would help businesses make long ‑term investment decisions and facilitate the state ’s plans for how it can pursue its GHG goals and support high ‑priority  programs. Historically, Legislature Has Delegated Many Decisions on Cap ‑and ‑Trade to CARB.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Additionally, the state provides $3  million annually in ongoing Proposition  98 funds to the Los Angeles County Office of Education to support anti ‑bias training and professional development for education professionals conducted by the museum.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967