The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - It also asserts that a 2002 appellate court decision ( Howard Jarvis Association v. City of Salinas ) —which found that the city did not have sufficient fee authority to levy a stormwater fee due to the voter approval requirement —was wrongly decided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Maintains Mandates From January 1, 2018 Forward. Because the Governor ’s proposed suspensions would only concern the historic time periods in question, the permit requirements mandated by the state would remain in effect as of January 1, 2018 and until each regional board adopts a new permit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 19, 2025 - Based on recent information we have reviewed from HSRA, we estimate this funding gap has grown to roughly $10 billion (assuming the project retains its federal funding and $1 billion annually from GGRF through 2030).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

May 27, 2025 - This post describes and raises issues for legislative consideration about two proposed trailer bills related to (1) the Delta Conveyance Project and (2) water quality control plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5053

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

May 27, 2025 - The language removes the requirements that DWR (1)  obtain an appraisal before trying to first negotiate with the owner and (2)  provide a written statement to the property owner about the basis for what it considers just compensation when taking land by eminent domain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 18, 2025 - Specifically, the proposed $20  million for the Farm to School Incubator Grant Program would (1)  provide schools with resources to implement these practices and (2)  help producers scale their capacity to supply locally grown food to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Sep 12, 2024 - SCC = State Coastal Conservancy; OPC = Ocean Protection Council; SB 1 = Chapter 236 of 2021 (SB 1, Atkins); and Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation. Sustainable Agriculture As shown in Figure  12, the 2024 ‑25 spending plan includes four modifications to sustainable agriculture funding included in recent budget packages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Feb 24, 2025 - However, the analysis also noted that shifting to E15 could result in a loss of fuel economy of roughly 1  percent, that fueling equipment and some vehicles may lack the capability of operating with E15, and that more analysis is necessary to understand the pollution  impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

May 7, 2025 - The Legislature faces important decisions about (1)  the level of GHG reductions it wants to achieve through the program, recognizing that more significant reductions will be necessary to meet legislatively established GHG reduction targets, and (2)  how to achieve its preferred level of GHG reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042