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 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

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - This increase primarily is due to $58  million provided for the department in the Wildfire and Forest Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions packages (discussed in the “Crosscutting Issues ” section of this post), as well as the augmentations discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - The department would shift from a primarily nonresidential center based ‑program to a primarily residential center based ‑program, with the share of corpsmembers in residential centers increasing from 44  p ercent to 58  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - This is a net decrease of $1. 3  b illion (or 58  p ercent) compared to projected current ‑year expenditures. This year ‑to ‑year decrease is primarily due to the way bond funds are accounted for in the annual budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Proposition  1 (201 4) i ncluded $ 720  m illion to prevent and cleanup contamination of groundwater used for drinking water and $ 260  m illion for public water system infrastructure improvements, and Proposition  68 (201 8) i ncluded $ 250  m illion for safe drinking water projects and $ 80  m illion to treat and remediate contaminated groundwater used for drinking water.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2024-25 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 14, 2024 - Estimates of the magnitude of this shortfall differ based on how “baseline” spending is defined—the administration estimates a $38 billion problem whereas in January our office estimated that the Governor’s budget addresses a $58 billion problem—as well as somewhat different revenue projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Estimates of the magnitude of the General Fund deficit in 2024 ‑25 differ based on how “baseline ” spending is defined —the administration estimates a $38  billion deficit whereas, in January, our office estimated that the Governor ’s budget addresses a $58  billion deficit —as well as somewhat different revenue projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

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