The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Additional details about the mandate are as follows: Time Period in Question: November 10, 2010 to December 31, 2017. CSM ’s Estimated Statewide Cost to Reimburse Local Governments: Between $238,301 and $334,104.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 7, 2025 - To the extent CARB were able to continue a cap ‑and ‑trade program absent explicit additional statutory authority, it could face limitations around how it structures the program and how GGRF revenues could be used, particularly in light of the requirements of Proposition  26 of 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Starting in 2010, U.S. EPA has issued various waivers for the adoption of up to 15  percent ethanol in gasoline (known as E15) for 2001 and newer conventional vehicles. (The use of E15 is not authorized for older vehicles, motorcycles, lawnmowers and other types of off ‑road equipment, delivery trucks, or other types of heavy ‑duty vehicles.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

Jan 7, 2025 - Under the statewide requirements imposed by Proposition  26 in 2010, however, POUs are limited in their ability to support new or expanded programs and activities that are not directly related to providing electricity services, such as expansions to programs that provide discounts based on income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - As we described earlier, the Legislature narrowed the language of the budget bill in 2010 ‑11 to limit the use of the E ‑Fund to “situations where CalFire ’s initial attack forces are unable to cope with a wildland fire emergency, for additional fire detection capability and prepositioning of resources during periods of high fire risk, or to respond to valid requests for mutual
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that by 2100, roughly six feet of SLR and recurring annual storms could impact over 480,000 California residents (based on 2010 census data) and $119 billion in property value (in 2010 dollars).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - Specifically, as of January 2023, 1,689 people were housed in conservation camps, compared to 3,980 people in January 2010. Population Declines Have Resulted in the Closure of Eight Conservation Camps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, an estimated  172 million trees have died in California’s forests since 2010 due to multiple years of low moisture and drought conditions, high temperatures, and resulting bark beetle infestations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - California’s final self‑response rate was 69.6 percent, which was an improvement over the state’s 68.2 percent self‑response rate for the 2010 Census and the national average of 67 percent. An independent evaluation of the outreach program concluded that Census partnerships expanded and strengthened community collaboration and helped to increase the organizational capacity of its partners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523