Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Expenditure Plan Provides Details on How Funds Will Be Used. Figure  6 summarizes information from the Fund Expenditure Plan detailing how SWRCB used SADW funds in 2019 ‑20 and its planned expenditures for 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

State Wildfire Response Costs Estimated to Be Higher Than Budgeted

Oct 19, 2020 - To the extent that the state is in a poor fiscal condition in 2021 ‑22, these increased General Fund costs will mean that the Legislature and Governor have to find budget solutions elsewhere, such as through more budget reductions, tax increases, or special fund borrowing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4285

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2020 - The budget package provides a total of $10.9 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 decrease of $4.4 billion (29 percent) compared to 2019‑20 estimated expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4275

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - Consistent with existing state law, the budget allocates (1) $79  million to backfill state revenue losses from  expanding a manufacturing sales tax exemption and (2)  $42  million to backfill revenue losses from suspending a fire prevention fee that was previously imposed on landowners in State Responsibility Areas (known as the SRA fee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - To the degree local property tax revenues drop, this also could affect the state budget in some years because the California Constitution could require that losses in certain local property tax revenues used to support local schools be backfilled by the state ’s General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Jun 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan Format: HTML Description: The 2020-21 May Revision includes a $965 million Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) discretionary
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4250

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jun 4, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan a Allocations based on Governor ’s estimate of $2.5 billion in 2020 ‑21. b Includes $12 million allocation in budget act. c Governor ’s estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - This is a net decrease of $1. 3  b illion (or 58  p ercent) compared to projected current ‑year expenditures. This year ‑to ‑year decrease is primarily due to the way bond funds are accounted for in the annual budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

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

Feb 21, 2020 - E ‑Fund expenditures are generally in the range of a few hundred million dollars annually, although the amount varies widely depending on the severity of each wildfire season. CalFire ’s budget also includes funding for forest health and fire prevention projects (such as constructing fire breaks).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4172

The 2020-21 Budget: Climate Change Proposals

Feb 13, 2020 - Figure 11 Cap ‑and ‑Trade Expenditure Plan Ensure multiyear discretionary expenditures do not exceed $800 million. Direct administration to provide additional information on expected outcomes. Allocate funds according to legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4155