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

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides $178  million in multiyear authority —$100  million in 2025-26, $60  million in 2026-27, $12  million in 2027-28, and $6  million in 2028-29 —for the final installment plus a separate $2  million federal reimbursement agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

May 19, 2025 - Additionally, by making the limit on offset usage up to 6  percent rather than a fixed 6  percent, the language also would allow CARB some additional flexibility —beyond what is in current law —to set the offset limit lower than the designated level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Senate Bill 840 states that the Legislature intends to direct specific percentages of future GGRF to new individual Funds dedicated to supporting (1)  clean transportation, (2)  housing and community investment, (3)  clean air and water, (4)  wildfire prevention and resilience, (5)  agriculture, (6)  clean energy, and (7)  climate ‑focused innovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a decrease of $10  million  (6  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of our post for more information.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - (This responds to a court ruling that DWR exceeded its authority in seeking to issue revenue bonds for a broader “Delta Program, ” which the court ruled was more than a modification of the SWP) (Section 6) .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - As shown in Figure  6 , Californians ’ residential electricity rates vary widely across the state, depending on which utility provides their service. On average, California IOU electricity rates are more than 50  percent higher than rates charged by POUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - This is an increase of 118 positions —or 6   percent —from  2024 ‑25. As we discuss later in this brief, the 2024 ‑25 budget agreement assumed ongoing General Fund state operations savings of up to 7.95  percent across the budget beginning in the current year, as well as additional savings from permanently eliminating vacant positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $6  million in 2023 ‑24, plus additional funding in subsequent years rising to $17  million in 2027 ‑28, to support various aviation program contracts, as well as pilots and mechanics to support fixed ‑wing aircraft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Figure 6 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Resource History (In Millions) 2014 ‑15 Through 2021 ‑22 2022 ‑23
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - As shown in Figure  6, the 2024 ‑25 spending plan makes a number of changes to these prior and planned appropriations to help solve the state ’s budget problem, including $1.4  billion in new reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928