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

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

Feb 18, 2025 - The 2025 ‑26 Governor ’s Budget includes three notable new discretionary one ‑time General Fund expenditures in the agriculture and natural resources policy areas: (1) $24.9  million for the California Department of Food and Agriculture ’s (CDFA ’s) Farm to School Program, (2) $10  million for the California Natural Resources
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2017-18 Budget: Cap-and-Trade

Feb 13, 2017 - Revenue Projections Plausible, but Significant Uncertainty Remains The Governor ’s budget assumes $1  billion in auction revenue in 2016 ‑17 and $1.5  billion in 2017 ‑18. In our view, the administration ’s revenue assumptions are plausible, but there is substantial uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3553

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - The State ’s Disaster Response System Takes a “Bottom-Up ” Approach. The state ’s system of disaster response typically starts at the local level. Members of the public typically alert a local government about a disaster incident —such as a fire —through calls to the 9-1-1 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - Chapter   516 o f 2002 (S B  1078 , Sher) established a 20  p ercent RPS by 2017, and Chapter   464 o f 2006 (S B  107 , Simitian) accelerated the 20  p ercent requirement to 2010. Subsequently, Chapter   1 o f 2011 (SBX1 2, Simitian) established a 33  p ercent requirement by 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area. The budget includes a total of $30.8  million from the General Fund related to a portion of the existing Carnegie State Vehicular Area known as the Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

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

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - Rather, the plan ’s estimated reductions are primarily driven by assumptions developed by CARB and the third ‑party contractors who led the modeling effort, without specifying how those assumed outcomes might be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - Vehicle charging on state highways Department of Transportation $20  million (one  time) Fuel taxes The 2017 ‑18 budget included $20  million to install over 30 electric vehicle fast chargers along highway corridors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912

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

Oct 24, 2023 - More recently, Chapter  135 of 2017 (AB  398, Garcia) authorized the program through 2030 and modified certain aspects of the program design, including placing new limits on the use of offsets and making some changes to the distribution of free allowances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811