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

Feb 18, 2025 - This is the lens through which we offer comments on the Governor ’s three proposals discussed below. Background Office of Farm to Fork Promotes Access to Healthy Food and Food ‑Based Education in Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Feb 24, 2025 - CARB has not offered a persuasive explanation for why the Legislature should depart from this traditional approach to setting fee policy. Second, CARB has not provided adequate information over how it would use the proposed new authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - This post does not explicitly discuss the recent Southern California fires and does not contain new LAO analysis or recommendations, but rather provides background information intended to help offer broader context on the state ’s historical wildfire-related activities, division of roles and responsibilities, and spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Many p ublicly owned utilities also offer NEM programs, but the policies are adopted by their individual boards (rather than CPUC) and thus vary. Adoption of NEM 3.0 Intended to Mitigate Projected Increases in Solar Cost Shift.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950