Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - OES —110  Fire Engines.  $25  million one time in 2018 ‑19 to purchase 110 additional fire engines, and $1.1  million ongoing to maintain and fuel the additional engines. CalFire and CCC —Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. $19  million in 2023 ‑24 and $14  million and 13 positions ongoing thereafter for
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California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - ACEs are associated with a range of negative physical and behavioral health outcomes long term, such as increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, substance abuse, and mental health challenges.
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Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - As another example, in 2018, CARB adopted regulations which require all drayage trucks to be registered with CARB and meet specific emission standards. Local regulators also have increased their efforts to regulate air pollution in and around ports.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Somewhat less notably, spending also has increased for drugs that help control blood sugar, kidney disease, and heart disease among diabetics (known as Sodium ‑Glucose Cotransporter  2, or SGLT2, inhibitors).
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Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - “The Role of Selection Bias in Comparing Cesarean Birth Rates between Physician and Midwifery Management. ”   Obstetrics and Gynecology  80 (2): 161 ‑65. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1635724. Cross ‑Barnet, Caitlin, Ian Hill, Lisa Dubay, Brigette Courtot, Sarah Benatar, Bowen Garrett, Fred Blavin, et  al. 2018.
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The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Project First Approved by Legislature in 2018-19 . The 2018-19 budget provided $1.7  million General Fund for all phases of a project to construct a new classroom building for STARBASE Los Alamitos. The project was expected to be completed in April 2020.
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Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Since then, various statutes and regulations have set specific targets, including Chapter  312 of 2018 (S B  100 , de Le ón) which requires 60  percent renewable generation by 2030 and  100  percent zero ‑carbon electricity by 2045.
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The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - Statute defines capital outlay as: “an appropriation for a fixed asset (including land and construction) with a useful life of 10 or more years and a value which equals or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). ” The state could spend more on infrastructure ‑related purposes from a variety of fund sources, including General Fund, Proposition  98 General Fund, and/or some tax ‑revenue supported special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515

Fixing Unemployment Insurance [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - We offer four recommendations that would fix the state’s broken UI system. Reports by Policy Area
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MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers) [Publication Details]

Jun 24, 2022 - MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers) [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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