Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Response to Wildfires Can Vary Depending on Where They Start. In the case of wildfires, the disaster response approach can vary based on where the fire starts and which entity has wildfire response jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - (While potentially very valuable, requiring evaluations likely would entail some associated costs, so the Legislature will want to be similarly selective and targeted in considering where such information would be most helpful.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Accordingly, customers in the portions of Culver City that are served by LADWP pay significantly less for electricity than those who live in the portions of the city served by  SCE. Electricity Rates Have Increased Notably in Recent Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Improving California’s Response to the Environmental and Safety Hazards Caused by Abandoned Mines

Aug 4, 2020 - In some cases, where state and federal agencies are trying to determine the effects on a watershed of one or more abandoned mines, the agencies need to obtain access to properties held by many individual private owners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258

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

Feb 18, 2025 - This is a distinction that is particularly important in a budget environment with limited General Fund resources where the state may find it challenging to address its own areas of responsibility —such as infrastructure it owns and operates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - The state currently is experiencing a budget problem where General Fund revenues already are insufficient to fund existing commitments. In this context, every dollar of new spending in the budget year comes at the expense of a previously identified priority and requires finding a commensurate level of solution somewhere within the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 24, 2025 - For example, on January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order stating that it is the policy of the United States to eliminate the “electric vehicle mandate” and to terminate, “where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline‑powered automobiles.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - These issues are most prevalent in the city of Calexico, but also contribute to the water quality problems that the state has been trying to address where the river ends at the Salton Sea. Because of this, Proposition   68 i ncluded $ 10  m illion specifically to address New River water quality issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

The 2020-21 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - Outreach activities could incorporate information obtained from the evaluation about specific locations or populations with lower program awareness to determine where outreach can be targeted to have the most substantial effect on enrollment. 2019 ‑20 Budget Provided Funding for Program Assessment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4184