The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - Because we find LCI ’s funding requests to be justified, opting to provide less funding for some or all of these proposals would come with trade-offs. For example, lack of funding could limit the state ’s CEQA guidance capacity, delay or interrupt the implementation of some of LCI ’s programs, and result in noncompliance with statutory requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The 1995 plan ’s water quality objectives are implemented and enforced through SWRCB ’s Revised Water Right Decision 1641 , which modified the water rights permits for the SWP and CVP. The Bay ‑Delta Plan is not the only tool that government agencies use to manage water in the region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - State ’s Multiyear Fiscal Condition is Alarming. The Governor ’s 2026 ‑27 budget proposal is only precariously balanced —and we believe the risk of a stock market downturn is elevated. If a downturn were to occur, it would substantially worsen the state ’s near ‑term budget picture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - It then provides an overview of the Governor ’s proposed 2026 ‑27 spending and overarching comments on the Governor ’s proposal. In subsequent sections, we walk through how the Governor proposes to allocate and implement funding within the bond ’s eight spending categories, which are: Safe Drinking Water, Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - According to the California Air Resources Board ’s (CARB ’s) GHG inventory, aviation accounts for only roughly 1  percent of the state ’s emissions. While this estimate may be somewhat understated, as it only accounts for intrastate travel, estimates of the relative contribution of aircraft to national and global GHG emissions are still relatively modest, totaling about 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - Governor ’s Proposal Proposes $2.2  Million Ongoing for CPUC to Implement AB  1207. The Governor ’s budget provides CPUC with $2.2  million ongoing from GGRF to support seven positions and a $756,000 annual contract to help comply with provisions in AB  1207.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (This is true even under the Governor ’s higher revenue projections, as the administration ’s proposal includes actions to free up capacity for new spending proposals, including creating a settle ‑up obligation for schools and community colleges and suspending a transfer to the state ’s rainy day fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - Governor ’s Proposal Includes Savings From Elimination of All Residual Positions. The Governor ’s budget released in January assumes all the residual positions are eliminated and, accordingly, scores associated annual savings in both 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Under the administration ’s interpretation of the S B  840 methodology (which would be codified in the proposed budget trailer legislation), activities that are funded as part of GGRF state operations are prioritized above nearly all other programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Mar 2, 2026 - Governor ’s Proposal Adds Staff and Funding to Handle Increased Workload. The Governor ’s 2026-27 budget proposes $2.6  million from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund on an ongoing basis and 12 permanent positions to manage the additional workload the water boards are experiencing as a result of the 2023 Sackett decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144