The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget assumes reductions to CDFA ’s budget of $11  million ($9.8  million General Fund) authorized by Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the budget act. This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Oct 16, 2025 - These include $47  million for dam safety, $15  million for systemwide flood risk reduction, $11  million for flood management, and $5  million in the Urban Streams Restoration Program. (The impacts of the first two of these reductions will be somewhat offset by the new appropriations from Proposition  4.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, SWRCB reports that out of all dredge/fill permit applications received, the share of state-only permit applications increased from about 5  percent before Sackett to about 20  percent after that decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program Low Carbon Transit Operations Program Caltrans 5 percent of annual revenues. No sunset. Wildfire and forest resilience —SB 901 f CalFire Sunsets on June 30, 2029. $200 million annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The budget proposes $5  million in 2026 ‑27 and $5.4  million ongoing thereafter from the General Fund, along with three positions, for CDFW to operate two salmon hatcheries and conduct associated monitoring and research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, for 2026-27, SB  840 and Chapter  5 of 2025 (AB  102, Gabriel) expressed legislative intent to use a combined total of up to $1.5  billion of GGRF to support the following activities: $1.25  billion of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) costs if there is a General Fund deficit (with additional allocations in future years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Mar 18, 2026 - One of several goals the Legislature expressed for the Delta through approval of the Delta Reform Act in 2009 (Chapter 5 [SB X7 1, Simitian]) was accelerating the process for determining flow needs to protect public trust resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 17, 2019 - (In January 2019, PG &E filed for Chapter  11 federal bankruptcy.) CPUC will use these funds to hire outside legal counsel and financial advisors with expertise on corporate finance, restructuring, and the federal bankruptcy process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4103

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget includes a reduction of $11  million in spending authority from the Harbors and Watercraft Fund. This reduction —affecting the Aquatic Invasive Species Program ($5  million) and Boat Launching Facility Grant Program ($6  million) —is intended to help maintain the solvency of the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807