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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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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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: Wildfire Response Proposals [Publication Details]

Jan 28, 2022 - In this brief, we provide our initial assessment and recommendations in response to the major wildfire response-related proposals included in the Governor’s 2022-23 budget.
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The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - Similarly, the Governor ’s budget includes a proposal to acquire new fire engines for training centers, some of which would replace older engines and some of which would increase the number of training engines available.
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Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - Assuming RPS implementation by the large IOUs is responsible for about 60 p ercent to 70  p ercent of the reductions from 2006 t o 2018, then RPS emission reductions from IOUs are about 17 MMT to 18 MMT in 2018.
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The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Increases Number of Positions Hired to Cover Each Fire Apparatus Engineer Seat on an Engine. In addition to changing the staffing mix on an engine during a particular shift, the proposal also would change the number of Fire Apparatus Engineers CalFire hires to cover an engine across multiple shifts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor's Wildfire-Related Proposals

Feb 21, 2020 - Forest He alth and Fire Preven tion Grants. $165  million annually (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund [GGRF]) for five years beginning in 2019 ‑20 for forest health and fire prevention grants (required by Chapter  626 of 2018 [SB 901, Dodd]). 13 Year ‑Round Fir e Engines.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - CARB indicates that it initiated a multimedia evaluation for E15 in 2018 and finalized the Tier I analysis in 2020. The department has not yet completed Tier II or Tier III but anticipates finishing these remaining steps by summer 2025.
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The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - Figure 2 Acreage Targets for Habitat and Dust Suppression Projects on Exposed Playa Year Required Number of Acres Annually a Acres Actually Completed or Under Construction 2018
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