Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - State and local governments own a comparatively small  share —only  3  percent (1  million acres) combined. This kaleidoscope of ownership has implications for management responsibilities and also makes coordination important when conducting both wildfire resilience and response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Climate Smart Technical Assistance Grants for Producers ($3   Million). The proposal also includes $3  million to support climate smart technical assistance grants. This  proposal would provide competitive funding to organizations that help encourage producers to adopt a wide variety of climate smart practices —such as those aimed at improving soil health, sequestering carbon, reducing emissions, and increasing water and energy efficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, the administration proposed a similar multiyear plan to the Legislature in 2019 ‑20 for Proposition  68, the most recent prior resources bond that was approved by voters in June 2018. The administration and Legislature also adopted a multiyear approach for the recent climate packages originally proposed to be funded primarily by the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Proposed 2025 ‑26 Cap ‑and ‑Trade Expenditure Plan (In Millions) Proposed in 2025 ‑26 Budget Continuous Appropriations a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Such a proposal should include a robust justification for the specific fees the department proposes to levy, as well as key details on the proposed fees such as: (1) the specific activities that would be subject to the fees, (2) the proposed fee amounts, (3) the entities that would be subject to paying the fees, (4) the level of expected fee revenues, and (5) how the fee revenues would be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

Jan 13, 2025 - (On a technical basis, under the administration ’s estimates, we estimate the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties [SFEU] would be about $3  billion before the Governor ’s proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Prior to 2019, only a negligible portion of the rates the three large IOUs charged were for wildfire ‑related costs, but this has grown to between 7  percent and 13  percent of average non ‑CARE bills.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - As shown in Figure 3, after accounting for the use of GGRF, the 2024‑25 spending plan results in net reductions to multiyear funding for these packages totaling $4.8 billion compared to the revised 2023‑24 totals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Third, the budget includes about $3  million from the General Fund in 2020 ‑21 (decreasing to $2.7  million in 2021 ‑22 and $768,000 ongoing) and authority for four new positions to implement three pieces of legislation enacted in 2019: (1)  Chapter  361 (SB  19, Dodd) related to stream gages, (2)  Chapter  354 (AB  834, Quirk) related to harmful algal blooms, and (3)  Chapter  766 (AB  1254, Kamlager-Dove) related to bobcat management.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Outdoor water use by these customers represents only a small fraction (less than 3  percent) of the state ’s total water use. Any savings achieved would be small and come at a large cost to suppliers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823