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 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection LAO Assessment Reasonable Approach to Implementing First Year of Funding. Overall, we find that the administration ’s S B  5 funding plan for 2018 ‑ 19 i s reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - Although many of the same arguments apply about the programmatic importance of these positions, maintaining them will have an impact on the General Fund condition (ab out $19  million) and could require the Legislature to identify other budgetary reductions to accommodate their support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, by setting aside $1  billion for discretionary allocations earlier in the priority list, S B  840 makes it more likely that a significant amount of funding will still be available to address the most pressing legislative priorities for these categories even if revenues are relatively low.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Funding proposed for the judicial streamlining program pursuant to Chapter  19 of 2021 (SB  7, Atkins) and Chapter  60 of 2023 (SB  149, Caballero) is at similar levels to what was provided in previous years, and would allow LCI to continue implementing the legislation ’s requirements through its sunset year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Please see our companion post, The 2025-26 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, for a list of the reductions. Timing for Future Allocations of Funding Still to Be Determined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Since 2018 ‑19, the Legislature has approved a total of over $73.5  million to plan and construct this new facility. CCC would use the proposed funds to hire (1)  100 new Corpsmembers dedicated to conservation work, including fire prevention and suppression activities (but  not hand crews); (2)  19 on ‑site personnel to support daily operations at the residential center; and (3)  5  headquarters staff to help manage increased administrative workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116