Publications

Governor Newsom released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21 on January 10, 2020—several weeks in advance of the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the statewide shelter-in-place order.

California’s transportation sector is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, accounting for 41 percent of statewide emissions.

The 11th annual California Green Innovation Index finds California will meet its 2030 climate targets more than three decades late—in 2061—and could be more than 100 years late in meeting its 2050 target if the average rate of emissions reductions from the past year h

The state has a new Governor and a large budget surplus of over $22 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 due to higher-than-expected revenues and continued economic growth.

New brief finds California's housing goals are exacerbating the housing crisis, and at the current pace of development, certain jurisdictions in California will not meet their low-income housing production targets for more than 1,000 years.