The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - (The test claims also included some additional activities which CSM deemed were either not state mandates or not reimbursable by the state.) Figure 1 2009 Orange County Urban Stormwater Permit ’s State ‑Reimbursable Mandated Activities Based on Commission on State Mandates ’ Decision Submit a proposed cooperative watershed program that implements required selenium limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Members of the public typically alert a local government about a disaster incident —such as a fire —through calls to the 9-1-1 system. Upon receiving such an alert, local first responders —such as police or fire departments —respond to the incident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - Special Fund Proposals May Have Unique Considerations … As highlighted in Figure  1 and Figure  2, the General Fund is not the main source of support for most CNRA and CalEPA departments. In contrast, many of these departments are primarily supported by special funds (along with bonds and federal funds).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - Figure  1 illustrates these trends, displaying the percentage increase in prices for items in the Los  Angeles metro area from January 2017 through March  2022. While prices in general have increased, the price of motor fuels and electricity have grown even more significantly when compared to other items, as highlighted in the figure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, in Fresno County, the historical trends of five days of extreme heat per year are projected to increase to 29 days annually between 2035 and 2064 and 43 days annually between 2070 and 2099.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - The final budget agreement instead eliminated fewer positions (4,994) and provided the Legislature additional time to review 1,009 additional positions which we refer to as “residual: ” (1)  those associated with implementing legislation chaptered in 2022 and 2023 across numerous departments, and (2)  all of those in nine specified departments which we highlight in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

May 19, 2025 - Our report highlights a variety of options for modifying the cap-and-trade program depending on legislative policy priorities, including through changing the design of the program and/or directing the use of the value of the program’s allowances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Oct 16, 2025 - To achieve budget savings, the spending plan also reverts $32  million General Fund that was previously appropriated for the acquisition phase of a new CalFire training center, as highlighted earlier in Figure  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

May 7, 2025 - Addressing Potential Legislative Priorities In this section, we highlight three potential legislative priority areas for the future of cap ‑and ‑trade: GHG emission reductions, affordability, and other various goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042