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

Jan 7, 2025 - Specifically, they still receive bills from their relevant IOU but are charged for the CCA ’s electricity generation costs instead of the IOU ’s generation costs. (They still pay other IOU costs, including for transmission and distribution.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - For example, port deepening projects make navigation channels deeper and wider, which helps to accommodate larger ships that can carry more goods. As another example, a project expanding freight railyards at ports could increase goods movement capacity if more freight rail can pick up and dr op off goods.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

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

May 27, 2025 - Below, we raise some issues for the Legislature to consider at a future time when it can more fully evaluate the Governor ’s proposal. (We are still reviewing the proposed language, however, and may refine our assessment as we learn more.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

May 7, 2025 - Revenues From Allowances Can Support Other Priorities. The Legislature could assess whether the current allocations of allowances and GGRF revenues still are consistent with its most pressing policy goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Specifically: Key Cost and Plan Information Still Missing. Under existing statute, the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) was supposed to provide a Project Update Report by March  1 including updated cost and schedule information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Weather, human activities, and location characteristics can all affect both fire ignitions and resulting damage. As of this writing, information was still being collected regarding which specific contributors led to the January 2025 fires in Southern California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - While SGMA did not identify urban water conservation as one of its primary goals, it still will have significant impacts in some nonagricultural regions. Spe cifically, urban water suppliers that rely on groundwater will be affected if their groundwater pumping is reduced in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Specifically, under this proposal, firefighters still would have to deal with t he various inherent strains of the job, including doing physically and emotionally strenuous work. Moreover, even with a shorter workweek firefighters still would be expected to work regular 72 ‑hour shifts and still would have to be available to serve potentially much longer periods during severe wildfire events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Nov 14, 2022 - Otherwise, indoor air quality can gradually decline, since some smoke from the outdoors still is likely to enter even well ‑sealed buildings over time. Also, absent filtration, a well ‑sealed building can be prone to accumulating higher concentrations of indoor pollutants (such as from gas stoves), which can also have some offsetting negative health effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

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

Feb 27, 2024 - In addition, obligations to repay loans can create additional cost pressure s for the special fund in future years. Moreover, if the underlying cause of the deficit is not addressed, the fund could still be at risk of eventually becoming insolvent when expenditures continue to outpace revenues in  future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858