The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - In addition, under current state law, the water boards cannot initially cite an illegal discharge (such as illegal dumping) if that type of discharge was not included in a permit. Instead, they must issue a notice and can only cite the illegal discharge the second time it has occurred.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - "Camper hook-up " sites often include electrical and water hook ups for campers or motor homes as well as dump stations to dispose of sewage. "Premium " sites often include a unique feature, such as ocean views.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527

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

Feb 18, 2025 - However, an important consideration is that because the Library Pass Program is available to any Californian with a public library card, it is not as closely targeted toward residents with particular demographics as other free park pass progra ms the state operates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, without information on the proposed incentive amounts, the Legislature cannot determine whether the incentives would be sufficient to meaningfully affect behavior. Additionally, without underst anding the number of incentives that will be provided, the Legislature does not know the number of purchases that could potentially be encouraged —at least to some degree —by the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Without ongoing funding, CDFW would be unable to supplement natural production with hatchery releases, increasing extinction risk for spring ‑run Chinook and further constraining fall ‑run  populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 24, 2026 - In either case, as a result of the interchangeability of the production processes for these two fuels, without significant additional investments in overall production capacity for renewables or innovation in the production process, an increase in SAF production likely would result in a roughly e quivalent decrease in RD production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - (Natural production refers to all salmon —whether they are caught or survive —that reach adulthood without the use of hatcheries.) The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - While this rationale is reasonable, this approach is not without trade ‑offs. 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

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - As shown in the figure, much of this research explores the association between exposure to wildfire smoke and associated emissions of particulate matter, and measures of use of medical care (such as hospital admissions or emergency department visits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also shifts spending for two environmental activities that had been planned for General Fund support to other sources in order to achieve General Fund savings without having programmatic impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080