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

Jan 7, 2025 - Many residents who earn lower incomes or live in hotter regions of the state are feeling these growing costs even more acutely. High electricity rates also impede the state ’s efforts to meet its ambitious climate goals by discouraging households from pursuing electrification through switching out their fossil fuel ‑powered cars and appliances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - These types of activities to benefit “public trust ” resources have been funded and conducted by the state for decades, frequently supported by voter ‑approved general obligation bonds. Some projects may also be specifically targeted at addressing environmental justice and social equity concerns by remediating conditions that disproportionately affect communities with residents who earn low incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

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

Nov 14, 2022 - Specifically, the study estimated that wildfire smoke reduced nationwide earnings from jobs by an average of close to 2 percent per year (the equivalent of $125 billion annually) between 2007 and 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Specifically, the survey found that 23  percent of respondents earn $30,000 or less; 19  percent earn between $30,001 and $60,000; 15  percent earn between $60,001 and $90,000; and 11  percent report earning between $90,001 and $120,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - Figure  1 shows the various types of water quality permits (also called certifications and orders) that project applicants must attain, their purposes, and the issuing agencies. These permits are generally issued as follows: For the release of dredged or fill materials, the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - In light of this, we think the Legislature should carefully consider what types of activities it would like to include in this category —and potentially provide this guidance to the administration in statute, as appropriate —recognizing that this year ’s decisions could serve as a precedent going forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - We think applying this principle broadly across all fund types is important because special funds can serve as tools to help address the budget deficit, such as by taking on expenditures previously funded by the General Fund or providing loans to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Under the program, producers of renewable fuels earn credits that can be sold to refiners or importers of petroleum ‑based fuels in order to meet specified renewable volume requirements under the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - These refineries can shift production between these two types of fuels with relative ease depending on market conditions, as the industrial processes for producing RD and SAF are similar, using the same feedstocks and much of the same equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - Certain covered facilities are more likely to be located in communities with higher proportions of people of color and those earning lower incomes, fitting with the pattern of historic marginalization of these communities to areas closer to heavy industry.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811