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

Jan 7, 2025 - California is home to three large IOUs —Pacific Gas and Electric (PG &E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG &E) —as well as three smaller ones noted in the figure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Department of Energy, E15 only is available at roughly 3,000 gas stations across 31 states (roughly 2  percent of gas stations that sell fuel to the public), and E10 continues to be the standard blend nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - This is because Chapter  231 makes these registration certificates an additional requirement to be licensed by DOJ to sell firearms and ammunition. Accordingly, revocation of a registration certificate would make a business unable to sell firearms or ammunition in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

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

Feb 12, 2025 - Predicting how the cap ‑and ‑trade market will behave and forecasting corresponding GGRF revenues are always subject to some uncertainty. However, a couple of factors may contribute to more uncertainty than usual for this exercise over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 37 (13  percent) consisted of other types of emergencies, including those related to oil spills, snow melts, gas leaks, and tsunamis. States of Emergency Are Proclaimed Before and After Events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s cap-and-trade expenditure plan for 2025-26 and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - The ELOP funding formula is based on TK ‑6 attendance in the regular school day across the entire district, not how many of those students are enrolled in or participate in expanded learning programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The measure does not specify how the funds are to be allocated among these specific purposes. In addition to this state general obligation bond, voters in the same election approved 14 local general obligation bonds totaling $9.9  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017