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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Mar 2, 2026 - Supreme Court decision — Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( Sackett ) —narrowed the definition of WOTUS. The ruling limits federal jurisdiction to relatively permanent bodies of water and to wetlands that have a continuous surface connection to WOTUS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Additionally, the administration projects the credit could grow over time, potentially reaching about $300  million annually —nearly doubling the reductions and corresponding fiscal and programmatic impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Therefore, the Legislature finds itself in the position of needing to evaluate whether these activities and staffing expansions at LCI are a higher priority than other existing General Fun d-supported activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Garcia). d Chapter 626 of 2018 (SB 901, Dodd). GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention; HSRA = High Speed Rail Authority; SGC = Strategic Growth Council; TIRCP = Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; and SWRCB = State Water Resources and Control Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Feb 10, 2026 - That decision ( Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ) narrowed federal Clean Water Act protections, thereby indirectly shifting regulatory responsibilities for certain bodies of water to the state under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The figure does not display a 2023 ‑24 budget action to double annual funding for the California Climate Action Corps from $4.7  million to $9.4  million General Fund annually and covert it to ongoing because these actions were undertaken subsequent to and separate from the adoption of the community resilience budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Then fourth, remaining funding is subject to legislative appropriation for discretionary purposes. a Chapter 121 of 2025 (SB 840, Lim ón). b No sunset date unless otherwise noted. c Senate Bill 840 requires the Department of Finance to proportionately reduce the amounts for these programs if funding is not sufficient to fully support them and pay for state administrative costs. d Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Governor’s Proposal Doubles Program, Converts to Ongoing. The  Governor proposes to (1)  double funding for this program and (2)  make the program ongoing rather than limited term. As such, the proposal includes an additional $4.7  million from the General Fund from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26 (supplementing the $4.7  million in existing limited ‑term funding) and then $9.3  million ongoing annual General Fund in 2026 ‑27 and thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723