^[PDF] AB32: Analysis of Two Studies by Varshney and Associates

THE SECOND STUDY—COST OF AB 32 ON SMALL BUSINESSES This study also was written by V&T. It was commissioned by the California Small Business Roundtable in March 2009 to examine the possible impact of AB 32 on the Hon.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/ab32_econ_review/ab32_econ_review_030910.pdf

^[PDF] AB32: Analysis of the Net Impact On California Jobs

THE CARB’S ESTIMATED JOB IMPACTS OF THE AB 32 SP Modest Net Gain Projected. California’s current total wage and salary employment level is roughly 16 million, and CARB’s projection for 2020 absent AB 32 is 18.4 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/ab32_impact/ab32_impact_030410.pdf

AB32: Analysis of the Net Impact On California Jobs

The CARB ’s Estimated Job Impacts of the AB 32 SP Modest Net Gain Projected. California ’s current total wage and salary employment level is roughly 16  million, and CARB ’s projection for 2020 absent AB 32 is 18.4  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/ab32_impact/ab32_impact_030410.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Implementation of “AB 32”—Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

The budget proposal, in effect, attempts to establish a policy-making role for the Secretary in implementing AB  32 —a role that the administration proposed when the Legislature was considering AB 32.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/resources/res_04_anl07.aspx

AB32: Analysis of the Net Impact On California Jobs [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2010 - In our response, we briefly summarize the basic provisions of AB 32 and its planned implementation through the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Scoping Plan (SP), discuss the avenues by which the SP would potentially affect California jobs, and present the jobs-related effects of the SP as estimated by CARB.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2219

^[PDF] AB 32 Letter to Assembly Member Logue Regarding Evaluation of the ARB's Updated Economic Analysis

Improvements include the following:  The ARB’s baseline of what the economy would look like without AB 32 is now more accurate because it incorporates certain actions that had previously been inappropriately attributed to AB 32 and the SP.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/rsrc/ab32_logue_061610/ab32_logue_061610.pdf

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https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=10&category=0&year=0&page=24

^[PDF] Proposed Appropriations From AB 118 Monies (Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007, Nunez)

Air Resources Board (ARB) Ongoing Implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act (“AB 32”) —a 24,000b —a — (A): We recommend a compromise on funding AB 32 that does not use AB 118 monies, leaving them for statutorily intended uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/conf_comm/2008/AB118_Monies_061308.pdf

^[PDF] Cap-and-Trade Revenue: Issues for Legislative Consideration

This ruling has been appealed, and fi nal decisions from the appellate courts on these issues may take years.  It is likely that the courts would require the state to target spending to GHG reduction activities since that is the primary goal of AB 32.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/resources/2016/Cap-and-Trade-Revenue-Issues-020316.pdf

^[PDF] Microsoft Word - Letter to Niello re ARB response _with dcc edits_.doc

Specifically, we saw inconsistencies in the way the ARB analysis accounted for measures required by statute or policy other than AB 32 that were explicitly undertaken to reduce GHG emissions (such as Chapter 200, Statutes of 2002 [AB 1493, Pavley]) versus other meas- ures that could reduce GHG emissions but that were undertaken for other reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/rsrc/ab32/AB32_scoping_plan_ARB_response_121608.pdf