The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - To the extent CARB were able to continue a cap ‑and ‑trade program absent explicit additional statutory authority, it could face limitations around how it structures the program and how GGRF revenues could be used, particularly in light of the requirements of Proposition  26 of 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Starting in 2010, U.S. EPA has issued various waivers for the adoption of up to 15  percent ethanol in gasoline (known as E15) for 2001 and newer conventional vehicles. (The use of E15 is not authorized for older vehicles, motorcycles, lawnmowers and other types of off ‑road equipment, delivery trucks, or other types of heavy ‑duty vehicles.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Under the statewide requirements imposed by Proposition  26 in 2010, however, POUs are limited in their ability to support new or expanded programs and activities that are not directly related to providing electricity services, such as expansions to programs that provide discounts based on income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950