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

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, if the General Fund continues to experience deficits, the plan intends that GGRF would cover $1.25  billion of CalFire ’s costs in 2026-27, $500  million in 2027-28, and $500  million in 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Proposes $500  million to support the remainder of the planned $1.25  billion CalFire backfill. ZEV Incentive Program. Proposes $115  million to create a new light ‑duty ZEV incentive program . (The Governor also proposes providing $85 million from the Air Pollution Control Fund—similarly freed up from undoing the previously‑approved MVA fund transfer—to support this new ZEV program, for a total of $200 million.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Additionally, the Governor proposes $500  million for the Encampment Resolution Grants Program in 2022 ‑23 administered by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to provide targeted grants to local governments to rehouse individuals living in encampments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - The budget agreement between the Legislature and Governor also includes the intent to provide an additional $1.4  billion —$880  million in 2022 ‑23 and $500  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —to continue some activities over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Specifically, if the General Fund continues to experience deficits, A B  102 expresses the Legislature ’s intent that GGRF cover $1.25  billion of CalFire ’s costs in 2026 ‑27, $500  million in 2027 ‑28, and $500  million in 2028 ‑29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - Of the $500  million in proposed expenditures, $65  million is clearly focused on remediating urgent needs. This would include activities such as providing emergency drinking water for households with dry domestic wells, rescuing stranded fish and wildlife, and providing financial assistance to highly impacted small farmers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

The 2024-25 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 14, 2024 - The 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 budgets included plans to provide a combined $10  billion over several years to different departments for a collection of activities intended to promote statewide adoption of ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841

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

Dec 9, 2025 - If there is no deficit, $500  million in CalFire costs. $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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - This increase primarily is due to $58  million provided for the department in the Wildfire and Forest Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions packages (discussed in the “Crosscutting Issues ” section of this post), as well as the augmentations discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - By 2028‑29, these revenues are only projected to increase by about $500 million while expenditures are projected to increase by roughly $1 billion. LAO Comments Governor Proposes New Spending From MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858