California Legislative Analysts Office Archives

Gov. Newsom’s Pea Shell Game Budget Tricks

June 25, 2020 4:04 amJune 25, 2020 4:09 am

California’s budget is balanced only on the assumption that Nancy Pelosi’s $3 trillions bail-out is approved by Congress, including funding to bail out pensions and state operating costs. Just as in a pea shell game, there is no way to...

Rooftop solar monopoly

March 2, 2020 6:31 amMarch 2, 2020 6:59 am

Now that the rooftop mandate for new homes has been relaxed to allow communities to choose cheaper power from municipal solar farms, will new homeowners be allowed to choose cheaper and cleaner conventional energy sources through local Community Choice energy?...