The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - 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

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Typically, the first step that rate ‑setting entities take is to determine the amount of money the utility should be allowed to recover through rates to support the main components of the electricity system and other activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Moreover, research finds that these communities have comparatively higher proportions of people earning lower incomes and people of color, which raises equity concerns for the state. Chapter  359 of 2022 (SB  905, Caballero): Requires CARB to Establish a CCUS and Removal Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

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: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - We note that the language of S B  840 indicates that the methodology applies to “moneys in the fund ” and thus does not clearly limit it exclusively to auction revenues. However, the administration indicates that the intent of S B   840 was to apply the methodology only to auction revenues, consistent with historical practice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - For instance, the amount provided for site cleanup staff —the majority of estimated ongoing spending beginning in 2022 ‑ 23 —would allow the department to conduct 50 t o 150 site discoveries and 60 t o 130 site initiation actions annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

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

Feb 21, 2023 - Premature to Decide That Conservation Camp Is Best Long ‑Term Use of Growlersburg Site. We view the Governor ’s proposal to rebuild the Growlersburg site as a conservation camp to be premature, not only given the existing trends in prison populations and other nearby facilities but also because the state might identify potential other, more effective uses of the site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - Site Mitigation and Restoration Program. DTSC implements the state ’s laws regarding the identification, assessment, and cleanup of sites contaminated by toxic substances. The department also monitors long ‑term operations and maintenance activities at sites where cleanup is complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

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