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

May 19, 2025 - Since the passage of AB  398 in 2017 (with a two-thirds vote of both houses of the Legislature), GGRF is considered akin to a tax. As such, it is a flexible funding source that can be used to help meet the state ’s most important activities (similar to the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

May 7, 2025 - Accordingly, to the extent the Legislature would like the program to continue, providing explicit statutory authority passed with a two ‑thirds vote of both legislative houses would be important to increasing program certainty and flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - The State Constitution allows the Legislature to increase fees to cover the costs of specific state activities with a majority vote of each house of the Legislature. (This is in contrast to taxes, from which revenues can be used for a broader range of activities and which require a two ‑thirds vote of each house of the Legislature.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - For instance, between 1990 and 2020, the number of housing units in California ’s WUI grew from 3.6  million to 5.1  million (a 42  percent increase). Besides placing more people and structures in locations with higher wildfire risk, increased development and activity in the WUI can also raise the chance of human-caused fire ignitions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - This, in turn, has reduced the population housed at conservation camps and available to serve on hand crews. Specifically, as of January 2023, 1,689 people were housed in conservation camps, compared to 3,980 people in January 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - The Legislature will want to consider how the proposed grants interact with other housing proposals in the Governor ’s budget —such as funding in HCD ’s budget for housing infrastructure, including environmental remediation —as well as any legislative housing initiatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Housing Development Package Primarily Expands Existing Programs. The Governor proposes $1  billion in one ‑time General Fund over two years to expand housing development. Specifically, the budget proposes $500  million for infill housing development, $300  million for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - While the state dedicates a share of annual GGRF revenues to recurring ongoing activities (such as the high ‑speed rail project, sustainable housing and transit programs, and activities to improve drinking water quality and availability), it generally has maintained about 35  percent for discretionary spending decisions agreed upon by the Legislature and Governor as part of each year ’s budget negotiations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Discriminatory Housing Policies Correspond to Increased Community Vulnerabilities. Many neighborhoods facing disproportionate levels of risk from climate impacts also align with those that experienced historical housing discrimination policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP), housed at CNRA, is responsible for completing projects to reduce exposed lakebed, create and enhance habitat and vegetation, and suppress dust at the Salton Sea, a saline and shrinking inland lake located in Riverside and Imperial Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928