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

May 1, 2023 - Recommendations We have two recommended actions for the Legislature to address the inadequacies we have identified in the existing process for budgeting the E‑Fund. Limit Use of E ‑Fund to Unplanned Costs Associated With Responding to Large Wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

State Wildfire Response Costs Estimated to Be Higher Than Budgeted

Oct 19, 2020 - Such costs as equipment rental, unplanned overtime, inmate crews, and additional air support are charged to the E-Fund for large incidents. The budget includes a separate General Fund appropriation for the E-Fund —$373  million in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4285

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

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI states that absent the cybersecurity funding, it will be vulnerable to security incidents, face interruptions in e-mail and document storage services, and risk noncompliance with various cybersecurity requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - Moreover, while fully evaluating the merits of th e proposal is not possible given the lack of details on its structure, the limited, one ‑time nature of the proposed funding makes it unlikely to have large effects on the marketplace or on the state ’s progress in meeting its ZEV adoption goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - The water boards also have had to take on certain responsibilities formerly conducted by federal agencies, such as verifying delineations (identification and mapping) for waters that are no longer under federal jurisdiction and conducting certain e nforcement-related inspections and complaint response.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - In either case, as a result of the interchangeability of the production processes for these two fuels, without significant additional investments in overall production capacity for renewables or innovation in the production process, an increase in SAF production likely would result in a roughly e quivalent decrease in RD production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - As shown in the figure, CalFire’s annual expenditures from the E-Fund have varied depending on factors such as the severity of a given wildfire season. (E-fund expenditures can also include reimbursements from federal and local governments related to firefighting activities CalFire undertakes on their behalf.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2020-21 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - As we noted in our 2019 report, enhanced outreach activities could have merit if a lack of awareness is found to be a major barrier to enrollment, but such an approach should be informed by the results from th e program assessment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4184

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview [Publication Details]

Dec 21, 2018 - Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview [Publication Details] Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview Format: HTML Description: Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia) requires our office to annually report on the economic impacts and benefits of California’s statutory greenhouse gas (GHG) emission goals—statewide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3911

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia) requires our office to annually report on the economic impacts and benefits of California’s statutory greenhouse gas emission targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483