The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - As noted earlier, LCI ’s transition to the civil service model has resulted in additional administrative workload to comply with state law, including related to EEO and collective bargaining. Through its approval of budget requests in 2023-24, the Legislature essentially signed off on this change in approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 19, 2024 - Would Adopt a Platoon Staffing Model. In  addition to moving the department towards greater year ‑round staffing of engines, the additional permanent personnel would allow CalFire to adjust its staffing rotation to a platoon model (subject to further bargaining with Unit 8).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - Rather, the plan ’s estimated reductions are primarily driven by assumptions developed by CARB and the third ‑party contractors who led the modeling effort, without specifying how those assumed outcomes might be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Generally this is because these updates involve detailed, comprehensive, and technical analyses, including modeling the potential impacts of climate change and related adaptation activities. Although the time and staffing resources to prepare the next plan seem reasonable, the Legislature might wish to ask if any of these a ctivities or processes —such as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - Information on the outcomes of these programs could help inform the Legislature about whether modeling a new center after these programs would be effective. Unfortunately, there is limited information on how effective these programs are at improving participant outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - Various economic models can be used to estimate the effects of different stimulus proposals on economic outcomes, such as employment and Gross State Product. The economic estimates produced by these models are uncertain because of limited information about the reliability of the models and the accuracy of assumptions used to prepare those estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308

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

Feb 9, 2022 - Some of the initiatives supported programs at all of the higher education segments, while others were targeted at specific segments (such as the communit y colleges) or specific regions (such as the San Joaquin Valley and Inland Empire).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - For example, to reduce indoor water use they might offer rebates for replacing older model toilets, showerheads, or other fixtures and appliances with more efficient models. To reduce outdoor water use, they might offer rebates for converting lawns to more water ‑efficient landscapes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - This reflects the estimated probability of a wildfire burning in any given year (based on fire behavior modeling across thousands of simulations of possible fire seasons). This research estimates that California has, on average, greater wildfire likelihood than any other state in the nation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

May 7, 2025 - Some recent modeling suggests that reauthorization likely will put upward pressure on prices and potentially lead to them reaching the price ceiling over the next several years. As  highlighted in the figure, in the hypothetical scenario of allowance prices reaching the price ceiling, we estimate that cap ‑and ‑trade would contribute roughly 74 cents per gallon to gasoline
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042