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

Jan 7, 2025 - Ratepayers, Particularly Those Served by IOUs, Also Pay for Other State Programs Aimed at Helping the State Meet GHG Reduction Goals. California ratepayers not only pay for activities associated with shifting to more renewable sources of electricity, but also bear other costs related to supporting the state ’s efforts to meet its GHG targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Feb 24, 2025 - The  state assesses a variety of fees and charges to  help fund its operations. Typically, the state levies fees to pay for the costs of specific regulatory activities or for providing specified government services or products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - These transfers would pay for the costs of CARB ’s Mobile Source Program, which is intended to reduce emissions from on ‑ and off ‑road mobile sources. (Separately, the Governor also proposes to transfer $85  million from CARB ’s Air Pollution Control Fund to further address MVA shortfalls.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Proposition  4 contains language that identifies specific climate ‑related problems that bond funding should help address and articulates goals —including some quantitative targets —that bond funding should help the state achieve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Specifically, the proposed $20  million for the Farm to School Incubator Grant Program would (1)  provide schools with resources to implement these practices and (2)  help producers scale their capacity to supply locally grown food to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Automatic Pay Increases for CHP Officers Could Impact MVA Cost Pressures. The impact future employee compensation costs will have on MVA’s fund condition is somewhat uncertain and depends on future pay trends decided upon by select local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - First, CalFire has a base wildfire protection budget, which pays for the department ’s everyday firefighting operations, including salaries, facility maintenance, and other predictable and anticipated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - Furthermore, supporting these activities with fee increases is an appropriate approach given that it tasks those who are regulated by these programs with paying the costs for the provided services. However, Legislative Priorities Should Also Be Incorporated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - This funding would support important activities that help protect public health and safety by lowering risks to flood ‑prone urban areas. These  projects are part of the SPFC, making them a core state responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - These charges also would be used to pay off any bonds that DWR might issue for large capital costs. In addition, the Governor proposes using General Fund in 2023 ‑24 to help “stand up ” the new procurement function at DWR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735