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

May 5, 2025 - However, CSM said that costs were not reimbursable after 2017 because SB 231 made it less burdensome for local governments to increase fees beginning in 2018. The commission estimates that, in total, local reimbursements for these activities will cost the state less than $1 million (between $459,106 and $690,409, depending on how many final local reimbursement claims ultimately are submitted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - DWR and SWRCB—along with several other departments—issued a report in 2017 about implementing the framework, which then led to its codification in 2018. SWRCB will adopt final regulations next year to implement the framework’s requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Finally, it notes that years-long delays can result from the current requirements —highlighting the Bay-Delta Plan as an example —which can prevent projects to protect the environment from occurring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - Finally, by making high ‑carbon electricity more expensive relative to low ‑carbon electricity, cap ‑and ‑trade likely reduced the GHG intensity of electricity purchased by California LSEs. . . . But a Wide Variety of Other Factors Also Likely Influencing Emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $315  million spread over a few years beginning in 2018 ‑19 to replace all 12  of CalFire ’s helicopters, and $14  million ongoing to support associated increases in maintenance and staffing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - CalEMA, CNRA 2012 Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update Catalogue of ongoing actions and recommendations to protect infrastructure, communities, services, and the natural environment from climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

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

Feb 24, 2025 - CARB indicates that it initiated a multimedia evaluation for E15 in 2018 and finalized the Tier I analysis in 2020. The department has not yet completed Tier II or Tier III but anticipates finishing these remaining steps by summer 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor's Wildfire-Related Proposals

Feb 21, 2020 - For example, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG &E) equipment started the 2018 Camp Fire. Key Challenges to Managing Wildfires in California Wildfire risks can be addressed through ( 1)  p revention —reducing the likelihood that a wildfire will start, ( 2)  m itigation —lessening the damage that wildfires cause when they do occur, and ( 3)  r esponse —suppressing fires after they start.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4172

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Since then, various statutes and regulations have set specific targets, including Chapter  312 of 2018 (S B  100 , de Le ón) which requires 60  percent renewable generation by 2030 and  100  percent zero ‑carbon electricity by 2045.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950