The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - California has many wetlands and other ephemeral or seasonal waters that previously were considered WOTUS but now no longer meet the federal definition because they lack a continuous surface connect ion or are not relatively permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - In a November 2019 assessment of its facilities, the judicial branch identified a need for a total of 80 construct ion projects —56 new buildings and 24 renovations —totaling $13.2  billion. These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - The number of visitors to the park is expected to significantly increase over the next several years and its hardscape is currently deficient, which increases risks of both safety hazards and, consequently, litigat ion against the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - In addit ion, thresholds currently can be adopted on a project-specific basis. Modifies Tribal Consultation Requirements. Consistent with current law, the measure requires that California native tribes be consulted about potential projects as part of the CEQA process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The administration also indicates it plans to explore various other utilizat ion management methods. These combined efforts are estimated to generate $175  million General Fund savings in 2025-26, rising to $350  million General Fund savings in subsequent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Despite these differences, there are three consistent, major elements of compensat ion that we discuss below —salary, salary-driven benefits, and non-salary-driven benefits. Salary. State jobs are categorized into more than 4,500 specific classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The funding will primarily support seasonal staffing and programming for participating students, as well as cover some transportat ion costs. Trailer legislation allocates the funding to the Sacramento County Office of Education (COE), which, in turn, must contract with the Department of Parks and Recreation to operate the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - In addit ion, budget-related legislation ensures that current or former foster youth enrolled at California State University and University of California campuses receive the maximum Middle Class Scholarship award amount for which they are eligible by specifying that foster youth ’s awards are not subject to certain reductions based on available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

Drug and theft crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2023 - We estimate that the resulting increase in state court costs could reach into the low tens of mill ions of dollars annually, depending on the actual number of people affected by the measure and how the courts process their cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-017

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - As such, a spike in resignat ions warrants further investigation to understand the root cause of the resignations. As we discuss below, we do not think that compensation has been the main driver leading to increased retirements and a spike in resignations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800