The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Proposition  2 (2014) requires the state to spend a specified amount of money (determined through a budgetary formula) each year towards eligible liabilities. It has been state policy to satisfy this requirement through the state ’s General Fund contributions to prefund retiree health benefits and annual supplemental pension payments to the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - That annual requirement was in effect from January 2014 to January 2017. In many cases, the proposed new zero waste plan is very similar to the one that the department previously was required to complete under A B  341 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - State Passed Major Legislation to Regulate Groundwater in 2014. In 2014, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed three new laws —Chapters 346 (S B  1168 , Pavley), 347 (A B  1739 ,  Dickinson), and 348 (S B  1319 , Pavley) —collectively known as SGMA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

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

Feb 20, 2024 - In  addition, the Legislature could consider revisiting GGRF continuous appropriations and ongoing spending commitments, most of which were established in 2014 ‑15. The Legislature ’s highest priorities may now be different.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Figure 4 Select State Policies That Seek to Increase Water Conservation 2009 Chapter 4 (SB X7 ‑7, Steinberg) Known as the Water Conservation Act of 2009, required development of urban water use targets to achieve a 20 percent reduction in water use per capita by 2020 ( “20x2020 ”). 2014 ‑2015 Proclamations (1/17/14 and 4/25/14) Executive Orders B ‑26 ‑2014, B ‑28 ‑2014, B ‑29 ‑2015, and B ‑36 ‑2015 Proclaimed a drought state of emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - In 2014, frustration with the slow pace of management activities led IID to petition SWRCB to amend its original QSA ‑related water rights permit and require the state to begin implementing a management plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

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

Oct 24, 2023 - Many specific spending requirements originated with the 2014-15 budget, which established a number of standard annual allocations for GGRF, as described next. What Types of Activities Do GGRF Funds Support?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - California ’s most recent drought included the driest consecutive four ‑year stretch since statewide precipitation record ‑keeping began — 2012 t hrough 2015 —with 2014 r epresenting the third driest year on record.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - Most of the continuous appropriations were established as part of the 2014 ‑15 budget, and it is possible that legislative priorities have changed over the last several years. In addition, as revenues increase, continuous appropriations going to these programs would be much higher than in prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - Most of the continuous appropriations were established as part of the 2014 ‑15 budget, and it is possible that legislative priorities have changed over the last several years. In addition, as revenues increase, continuous appropriations going to these programs would be much higher than in prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480