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

May 7, 2025 - Assembly Bill  32 gave CARB almost complete discretion over how to design the cap ‑and ‑trade program. Since the program ’s establishment, much of the Legislature ’s role has revolved around how to spend GGRF revenues, including establishing ongoing statutory allocations and selecting discretionary allocations on an annual basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

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

May 5, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. (These are in addition to the four mandates —including the Santa Ana regional board mandate —which CSM already identified and assigned cost estimates over the past year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - (This is 32  percent less than the proposed request of $566,000.) Recommend Revisiting Request for SSMI Position in the Future. SIB has already spent or is in the process of spending state funding dedicated to marketing activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Under AB  1864, the department has broad authority to oversee those same entities as well as any firm or person providing consumer financial products or services. New industries now under department oversight include those providing private postsecondary education financing and debt relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - This represents 71  percent of the K ‑12 SWP grantees and 32  percent of CTEIG grantees. Grantees that receive funding from both programs must set aside local matching funds for each program, as funding from one program cannot be counted as a local match for the other.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Both U.S. citizens and California Dream Act students (sometimes referred to as AB  540 students) are able to participate in the program. (This latter group consists primarily of undocumented students.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Chapter  249 of 2022 (AB  179, Ting) appropriated $2  million one-time General Fund to the City of San Diego for the construction of the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center. Though the center has been constructed, the State Library indicated the center ultimately was unable to accept the funding and withdrew its request.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/824

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/824