The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2025 - This brief discusses three discretionary General Fund spending proposals in the agriculture and natural resources policy areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4967

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - The 2025 ‑26 Governor ’s Budget includes three notable new discretionary one ‑time General Fund expenditures in the agriculture and natural resources policy areas: (1) $24.9  million for the California Department of Food and Agriculture ’s (CDFA ’s) Farm to School Program, (2) $10  million for the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to provide to the privately owned and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - Third, grantees differ in their use of priority ranking. Some partner agencies within regions ranked all of their identified priority projects numerically or in tiers. In other cases, neither the RFFC grantee nor their partner agencies identified any prioritization of the projects in their regional priority plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - The planned reductions affect multiyear spending plans included in prior budget agreements for activities such as the AB  617 community air protection program, support for local transit agencies, and various zero-emission vehicle programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - For example, the Legislature could look into creating a Lieutenant classification as a rank between Fire Captain and Fire Apparatus Engineer, which could enable Fire Apparatus Engineers to promote more quickly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Federal funding for wildfire response can come from a variety of programs and may be distributed to state agencies and local governments. Often the first federal aid that the state receives for wildfire response comes through the Federal Emergency Management Agency ’s (FEMAs ’) Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - As part of reauthorization, the Legislature faces important decisions about which choices to defer to CARB —allowing the agency the discretion to weigh the trade ‑offs associated with various policy options and make program design choices consistent with its statutory mandates —and which to direct through statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - SGMA Required Local Agencies to Submit Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs). SGMA assigns primary responsibility for ongoing groundwater management to local entities, through the required formation of groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The APA governs how state agencies adopt regulations to implement state law. It requires that agencies provide the public with a meaningful opportunity to participate in the process and that the proposed regulations undergo review by the Office of Administrative Law to ensure that they are clear, necessary, and legally valid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Allows local water agencies to issue penalties for violations of local and state water conservation regulations with penalties up to $10,000 for first violation (increasing for continuing violations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278