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

Feb 24, 2026 - Researchers at the University of Illinois and the United States Department of Agriculture recently estimated national SAF production capacity at more than 800 million gallons per year (though the exact amount is uncertain due to the proprietary nature of refinery operations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Dec 9, 2025 - . $25  million for seed funding for a University of California Climate Research Center. $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Revenues May Not Be Sufficient to Fully Support Statutory Allocations and Legislative Intent for 2026-27 … As illustrated in Figure  1, cap-and-invest auction revenues have varied across months and years, and multiple influencing factors make them difficult to predict.
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 - (The Legislature could also explore whether other resources, such as climate research funding that was previously provided to the University of California system, could help support this  assessment.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - . $25  million for seed funding for a University of California Climate Research Center. $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Additionally, Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel) —expresses the Legislature ’s intent to provide GGRF in 2026 ‑27 and potentially future years to support some California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) activities that otherwise would be funded from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $10  million one time in 2024 ‑25 for the AlertCalifornia Fire Camera Mapping System operated by the University of California, San Diego. CalFire —Heavy  Fire Equipment Operator Staffing.  $11  million ongoing beginning in 2019 ‑20 for 34  additional heavy fire equipment operators to operate bulldozers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Universities Governor Establishes Multiyear Compacts With the Universities. The Governor ’s budget increases ongoing General Fund for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) by a total of $775  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Assessing Vulnerability of State Assets to Climate Change

Jan 9, 2020 - Several agencies with substantial infrastructure under their control —specifically, the University of California, California State University, judicial branch, and CalFire —have not completed system-wide assessments of their vulnerability to climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4133

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Universities Governor Proposes Ongoing Base Increases Linked With Certain Expectations. The Governor proposes a total of $336  million in additional ongoing funding for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - Another study from University of California, Santa Barbara published in 2023 found air pollution disparities across California from facilities covered under cap-and-trade narrowed as a result of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - The Legislature also enacted a package of legislation to help implement the Q SA. The QSA includes an agreement to transfer 300,000 acre ‑feet of water from IID —which uses Colorado River water to irrigate farm fields near the Sea —to two other Southern California water districts (the Coachella Valley Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority) for residential uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879