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

Feb 24, 2025 - The Governor proposes budget trailer legislation that would provide CARB with authority to levy fees on the entities it regulates in order to recover the costs of developing, implementing, and enforcing programs and regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, certain existing programs only need minor updates to current guidelines in order to align with Proposition  4 language. Requiring them to undergo the full regulatory process would be protracted and administratively burdensome.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Moreover, over the past few years, the state has provided funds to schools in order to improve their ability to provide more healthy meals, procure California ‑grown foods, and incorporate more freshly prepared foods.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Accordingly, the Legislature likely will confront difficult decisions about how to approach electricity rates in order to best support its varied goals, including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $25  million annually beginning in 2017 ‑18 to pre ‑position mutual aid fire engines and other related equipment in order to decrease local response times to potentially destructive wildfires and other disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952