The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package

Jan 26, 2022 - In recent years, the Legislature has prioritized conducting oversight activities —such as conducting legislative hearings and requiring periodic reports —on wildfire issues, including the expenditure of wildfire and forest resilience funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4495

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4496

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - For example, the Legislature could use GGRF to provide lump sum rebates to households, reduce other state taxes (such as sales tax rates), or use the funds to reduce retail electricity rates. Importantly, each of these “revenue recycling” options could be structured in a way that maintains cap‑and‑trade’s incentive for households and businesses to reduce GHGs,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - The account is primarily funded by a broad ‑based tax charged to businesses that contribute to hazardous waste. Department Recently Underwent Significant Governance and Fiscal Reform. Budget trailer legislation as part of the 2021 ‑22 budget package, Chapter  73 of 2021 (S B  158 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), restructured and increased the charges that support HWCA and TSCA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - For the budget year, as the Legislature considers the Governor ’s budget proposals, those proposals that currently count as excludable expenditures —such as spending on capital outlay —for the most part can only be reallocated to other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded  expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - (Apportionments come from a combination of state General Fund [Proposition  98], local property taxes, and enrollment fee revenue.) Also, if students were to perform work for nonstate entities while at the center, a reimbursement model could be considered to help fund the center ’s ongoing operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Instead, the incentives to develop AMMP projects rely on potential revenues from selling value ‑added manure products or cost savings from using products to offset expenditures. Value ‑added manure products include soil amendments and compost made from separated solids.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - Although local governments invest in some preventative forest health activities, such as developing forest fuel reduction priorities in Community Wildfire Protection Plans, local spending on forest management programs can be significantly limited in many rural areas with wildfire prone landscapes due to small tax bases and in many cases, economically disadvantaged residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - Under alternative revenue scenarios, the amount available for discretionary expenditures and a reserve would range from $1.2  billion to $3  billion. By comparison, the approved discretionary cap‑and‑trade expenditure plan is $1.5 billion in 2021‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Oct 18, 2021 - The 2021‑22 budget package provides a total of $21.7 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, bond funds, and various special funds—for programs administered by the California Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agencies. This is a net increase of $4.8 billion (22 percent) compared to 2020‑21 estimated expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4463