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

Mar 19, 2026 - The Legislature approved LCI ’s request to establish its own IT unit in 2023 with some ongoing support ($5.2  million and 15 positions) and some limited-term funding ($3.7  million through 2025-26). The 2026-27 proposal requests the continuation of the limited-term funding to maintain cyberinfrastructure and support workload growth, as well as an additional $2.6  million to bring
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

Improving Outcomes for California Conservation Corpsmembers

Feb 9, 2018 - CCC tries to maintain a ratio of at least one Conservationist I position for every 15 c orpsmembers. Corpsmembers Might Leave to Pursue Other Opportunities. According to CCC administrators, some corpsmembers separate from CCC service to pursue other opportunities that are consistent with the CCC ’s goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3742

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

Dec 9, 2025 - . $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 budget proposes $9.5  million ongoing from the General Fund and 15 positions to replace critical river forecasting and snow survey activities that previously were conducted by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - . $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

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

Oct 16, 2025 - It also does not include previously planned 2025-26 GGRF augmentations of $15  million for water recycling and groundwater cleanup and $30  million for drinking water and wastewater. The impacts of all three of these modifications are offset to some degree by the new Proposition  4 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

May 7, 2025 - Specifically, if the Legislature were to extend the program from 2030 through 2045, we estimate that the total value of allowances issued over that 15 ‑year period could be in the range of roughly $70  billion to $260  billion (in 2025  dollars).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The spending plan provides $15  million from Proposition  40 (2002) for Parks deferred maintenance projects. This augmentation partially offsets a reduction of $30  million from the General Fund for deferred maintenance, resulting in a $15  million net reduction as shown in the “Other Recent Augmentations ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

May 27, 2025 - SWRCB began the process to amend the plan more than 15 years ago in 2009. Although SWRCB adopted amend ments concerning one portion of the Bay-Delta watershed (Lower San Joaquin River and Southern Delta salinity standards) in 2018, those new requirements have not yet been implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053