The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - From 2017 ‑ 18 t o 2019 ‑20, its estimates of baseline Medi ‑Cal expenditures (before accounting for policy changes) is $3. 8  b illion lower than we estimated in November. This difference includes a roughly $ 2  b illion downward revision to current ‑year expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - For example, revenue from cap ‑and ‑trade auctions could be used to reduce other state taxes that reduce economic activity, such as income taxes and certain types of sales taxes. Types of Social Costs In concept, economic costs occur when people give up something valuable as a result of actions taken to reduce emissions —also referred to as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - For the CalTrans and DGS programs, the funding is coming from existing state taxes and fees. So, spending from these programs represent an opportunity cost of not being able to spend these funds on other allowable purposes or lower taxes and fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3912

How CalFire is Spending Recent Forest Health Funds

Nov 15, 2018 - Because it represents the state ’s most significant expenditure towards improving forest conditions, throughout the rest of this web post we provide additional detail on CalFire ’s Forest Health Program spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3902

How CalFire is Spending Recent Forest Health Funds [Publication Details]

Nov 15, 2018 - In this post, we provide a summary of how CalFire is spending Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund dollars provided in the 2017-18 budget package. We focus primarily on CalFire’s Forest Health Program, and identify issues for the Legislature to consider as it oversees and guides future expenditures of forest health funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3902

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - (As discussed later, because the QSA agencies are making their expenditures over a period of many years, their total funding obligation is estimated to ultimately total around $ 288  m illion, including interest.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

Improving California's Forest and Watershed Management

Apr 4, 2018 - Recovery costs for debris removal and cleanup, social services (such as shelters and social services), and local assistance (including rebuilding public infrastructure and backfilling property tax losses) can also be significant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3798

The 2018-19 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 28, 2018 - Of these expenditures, over 90  percent was from the General Fund of counties, and less than 10  percent was from a combination of apiary registration fees and other charges CACs are authorized to charge for specified bee-related activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3793

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - (This represents just over 20  percent of the state ’s estimated expenditures in 2017 ‑18 of $1.8  billion.) Figure 2 Estimated 2017 ‑18 Expenditures on Major Fires (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - For 2018‑19, the Governor proposes a total of $35 million from the General Fund for recovery costs associated the fires in Northern California, such as related to rebuilding public infrastructure and backfilling local tax revenue losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767