Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - In year s where auction revenues are comparatively high, this would free up additional GGRF for spending on other legislative priorities while still providing certain and consistent funding streams to the existing  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Reserves, Proposition 2, and the Budget Stabilization Account (Panel 1) [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - Reserves, Proposition 2, and the Budget Stabilization Account (Panel 1) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5040

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5042

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

May 5, 2025 - Be low, we discuss the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board ’s (regional board ’s) municipal stormwater permit for local governments in Orange County for the June 1, 2009 through December 21, 2017 period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - The percentages presented in Figure  1 alone do not give a sense of how diverse the labor forces of version 3.0 productions are relative to both (1)  the overall motion picture workforce in California and (2)  California ’s population as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Additionally, the 2021-22 Budget Act temporarily expanded the program, with SIB providing CalKIDS deposits to all low-income students enrolled in grades 1 through 12 in that year. SIB Has Four Positions Dedicated to the CalKIDS Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes CalHHS Language Access CalHHS proposes to use GenAI technology to translate their departments ’ content into multiple languages to improve language access for state residents. 1 Caltrans Traffic Mobility Insights Caltrans proposes to use GenAI technology to analyze
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Setting aside all capital gains revenues would increase the state ’s spending on both debt payments and reserve deposits before 2029 ‑30. After 2029 ‑30, the Legislature could choose to dedicate all of these requirements to reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, the Alisal Fire started on October 11, 2021, and continued until November 20, 2021. However, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency related to the fire on July 1, 2022 —over seven months after the wildfire ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029