The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - This program supports coordinators in 47 of 58 counties who work with local organizations and residents to improve community wildfire preparedness through education, events, and grant funding. Home Hardening Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - Figure 2 Statutorily Required GGRF Appropriations Pursuant to SB 840 a Program Annual Amount Starting in 2026 ‑27 b Starting in 2026 ‑27, funding will be allocated first to the following programs: Manufacturing tax exemption State Responsibility Area fee backfill CalFire Then second, to the following programs: High ‑speed rail project Unspecified programs subject to appropriation Various Then
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Feb 10, 2026 - GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; DOF = Department of Finance; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; SB  840  =  Chapter  121 of 2025 (SB 840, Lim ón); AB 617 = Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - The  legislation provides a statutory allocation of $250  million annually to implement Chapter  136 of 2017 (A B  617 , C. Garc ía). This program has not received a statutory allocation in the past.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - For example, Chapter  58 requires annual reports with information on active and expired job order contracts, as well as a one-time report on Caltrans ’ and DWR ’s use of progressive design-build authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - A 2018 report by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of SLR, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches, 58 percent of rocky intertidal habitat, 58 percent of marshes, and 55 percent of tidal flats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

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

Feb 10, 2026 - This climate research is required by law to be completed every five years pursuant to Chapter  136 of 2020 (S B  1320 , Stern) and provides data and information that state agencies and local governments use to inform their planning and programmatic decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - The state previously provided a combined $58  million for this project in 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20. Long Beach Tidelands Oil Revenues. Budget trailer legislation includes language governing revenues generated from oil and gas production in the tidelands off the coast of Long Beach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - CEC = California Energy Commission; CARB = California Air Resources Board; and AB  617  =  Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C. Garcia). Proposal Mostly Backfills Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Programs Proposed for Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jan 25, 2022 - SRA = State Responsibility Area; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; and AB 617 = Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C. Garcia). Proposal Mostly Provides Funding for Existing Programs. Almost all of the proposed discretionary spending would support existing programs that have received GGRF allocations in past years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4496