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

Nov 10, 2020 - The vast majority of California residents —over 90  p ercent —receive their water from about 400 l arge community water systems that have 3, 300 o r more service connections. Most community water systems are comparatively smaller, with about half of all systems having between 15 and 100 c onnections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - Of the total funding, $200  million will be used to extend eligibility to elementary schools that have not previously received program funding and have a student body that is at least 94  percent EL/LI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

^[PDF] Overview of State Housing Spending

Major Discretionary Housing Spending Augmentations Since 2019-20a (In Millions) Program 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24b Program Total Housing and Community Development Homekey Program — $800 $1,600 $1,300 — $3,700 Housing Accelerator Program — — 1,750 250 — 2,000 Emergency Rental Assistance — — 1,950 — — 1,950 Infill Infrastructure Grant Program $300 — 250
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2023/State-Housing-Spending-022823.pdf

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

Feb 24, 2026 - While this estimate may be somewhat understated, as it only accounts for intrastate travel, estimates of the relative contribution of aircraft to national and global GHG emissions are still relatively modest, totaling about 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - The remaining $200  million is for DTSC to assess, investigate, and clean up contaminated school sites. Funding to SWRCB to Address Water Contamination. The measure includes $300  million for SWRCB to investigate and clean up groundwater and surface water at brownfield sites across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - Governor’s Proposal Proposes $200   Million and Budget Trailer Legislation to Create New ZEV Incentive Program. The Governor proposes $200  million on a one ‑time basis ($115  million from GGRF and $85  million from APCF), along with associated budget trailer legislation to create a new incentive program for light ‑duty ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - Beginning in 2022 ‑23, the Legislature approved $300  million in ongoing General Fund support for the department, which included $100  million for CDPH state operations and $200  million for LHJs. The purpose of the funding was to address shortfalls identified by the workgroup in the state ’s existing public health infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 16, 2023 - Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]     a The state originally scheduled $200 million in 2022-23, $200 million in 2023-24, and $100 million in 2024-25 for this project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/688

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Some of this money would provide grants to local communities to build new parks or renovate existing parks ($200  million). The rest of this money would be used to repair state parks and provide nature education ($200  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Operating excess inpatient beds at this scale costs the state over $200 million each year and requires that the state maintain many mental health positions more than the projections show are necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134