The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Background Library Pass Program First Established in 2021 ‑22. The California State Parks Library Pass Program provides free access to state parks through 33,000 passes that can be checked out from public library branches throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Moreover, given the opaque nature of vehicle pricing, we expect that ensuring that incentives are passed on to consumers, rather than retained (at least to some degree) by manufacturers or vehicle dealers, will be difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Extend the Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax. California ’s Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax (PTET) allows certain businesses to elect to pay additional corporation taxes at a rate of 9.3  percent on qualified net income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, the proposal to provide $219,000 in 2026-27 and 2027-28 to update CEQA exemption guidance for sustainable transportation projects pursuant to Chapter  742 of 2025 (SB  71, Wiener) matches the estimates from the Assembly Appropriations Committee analysis published when the legislation passed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Parks: Library Pass Program. The budget proposes $6.8  million General Fund on an ongoing basis for the Library Pass Program, which distributes 33,000 park passes to more than 1,100 library branches statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Many of these higher allowance costs likely would be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices for GHG ‑intensive  products. Changes in GGRF Allocations Will Affect Funding for Particular Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Dec 9, 2025 - . $125  million for transit passes. $85  million for climate-focused technological innovation. $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).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Notable other features of Parks ’ budget include the following: California State Parks Library Pass Program. The budget transfers $6.75  million General Fund in 2025-26 to the State Parks and Recreation Fund to continue the California State Parks Library Pass Program until June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - Accordingly, to the extent the Legislature would like the program to continue, providing explicit statutory authority passed with a two ‑thirds vote of both legislative houses would be important to increasing program certainty and flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - This is especially true given that this proposal is not directly related to passing or implementing the state budget. Below, we raise some issues for the Legislature to consider at a future time when it can more fully evaluate the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053