Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California Updated February 13, 2025 The catastrophic January 2025 Southern California wildfires have led to increased interest in how the state historically has prepared for, responded to, and recovered from wildfires.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The Legislature would have to specifically ask for annual updates to understand whether the administration is implementing programs with fidelity to expressed intentions as it would not receive these on the natural through budget change  proposals.
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California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions October 24, 2023 California ’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions This post answers commonly asked questions about California ’s cap-and-trade program and the revenues it generates, which are deposited and spent through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature consider each proposal separately and ask a series of consistent questions when determining whether the proposals warrant early action. Specifically, we recommen d the Legislature ask: Does the Administration Provide Sufficient Evidence of a Problem?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Feb 24, 2025 - (Our recent report, The 2025‑26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies [Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 ], provides a framework with some questions the Legislature could ask the administration regarding the impacts of these reductions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - Alternatively —or additionally —the Legislature could consider asking voters to approve a general obligation bond that might support several years of flood projects. While the former approach would have lower costs over time (as there would be no added interest charges), the availability of General Fund resources likely will be subject to revenue fluctuations and such expenditure plans could create budget pressu res in certain years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Also, because the proposal would result in higher overall staffing levels at CalFire, it could increase firefighting capacity and thus somewhat reduce the amount of overtime any individual firefighter might be asked to w ork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Although the time and staffing resources to prepare the next plan seem reasonable, the Legislature might wish to ask if any of these a ctivities or processes —such as modeling climate impacts —could be more streamlined or automated  given that this plan has to be updated every five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jun 4, 2020 - We have asked the administration to identify programs with large amounts of carryover funding from prior years and the administration has indicated that additional time is needed to collect this information for most programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - Rather than waiting for the May Revision, the Legislature may want to ask DOF to provide a more accurate estimate as soon as possible to aid in its budget deliberations. 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
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