The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - This is because the ongoing workload is uncertain but likely to be relatively small. To the extent CPUC determines it needs continued resources, it could request them through a future budget request.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (SET  events are subsurface reactions that increase temperatures within landfills, which can potentially damage liners and gas collection systems and pose risks to the environment and nearby communities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - In general, we think there is a reasonable policy argument for government funding to promote the development of newer technologies because the private sector will likely underinvest in these activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - This could result in the need to make some minor midyear adjustments —potentially totaling in the low tens of millions of dollars —to programs receiving discretionary allocations in 2025-26. (Under this revenue scenario, the statutory allocations that receive funding on a percentage basis also would be reduced somewhat compared to budget act assumptions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

May 12, 2022 - Providing tax refunds to vehicle owners would be less directly linked to fuel consumption, but would provide some related relief given that these individuals likely drive to some degree. Providing rebates to zero ‑emission vehicle owners (as included in the Governor ’s proposal), however, would not have any link to gas price  burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - However, the department also uses this authority to support activities that it does not categorize as such and that go well beyond the typical definition of prepositioning, including significant expansions and/or extended use of resources like support staff, contracted helicopters, seasonal CalFire firefighters, and National Guard crewmembe rs for a period of multiple months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Additionally, CARB still is considering linking California’s cap‑and‑invest program with the program in Washington state. Such a linkage could affect allowance prices in both states as they come into alignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The protracted time line reflects the complexity of balancing multiple — often competing —goals , ongoing and potential legal challenges, and the board ’s willingness to allow time for development of a VA proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Moreover, our review found that LCI ’s proposed total of 20 IT staff positions is not out of line with the size of IT units at other comparable state departments. Existing Positions Supported by Limited-Term Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The more well ‑established programs supported by Proposition  4 have less uncertainty about program design and goals and are more likely to have existing mechanisms for assessing which projects should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958