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

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

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The result of the Governor ’s proposed fund shifts is threefold: it (1)  maintains previously planned amounts for existing activities, (2)  frees up General Fund and GGRF resources to support other budget activities proposed by the administration, and (3)  precludes this amount of Proposition  4 funds from being used to expand or enhance upon previously planned activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Jan 7, 2025 - This report is submitted pursuant to Chapter  135 of 2017 (A B  398 , E. Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state ’s GHG emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 12, 2025 - Before the Legislature last extended the statutory authorization for the cap ‑and ‑trade program in 2017, revenues from GGRF began to decline due to investor uncertainty about the status of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Such information is key to enabling the Legislature to better assess (1)  how the changes may impact the state ’s ability to meet its GHG reduction goals and air pollution standards, (2)  whether the changes  are consistent with legislative priorities, and (3)  how to prioritize the Governor ’s new proposed position and funding augmentations against a broader context of department ‑wide resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5042