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

Mar 19, 2026 - The functions that LCI performs were part of OPR until that office underwent restructuring in 2024 and split into two new offices: the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GO-SERVE) and LCI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 2, 2026 - Supreme Court Decision in 2023 Narrowed Federal Jurisdiction … A 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision — Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( Sackett ) —narrowed the definition of WOTUS. The ruling limits federal jurisdiction to relatively permanent bodies of water and to wetlands that have a continuous surface connection to WOTUS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The budget includes $5  million in 2024 ‑25 from the Natural Resources and Parks Preservation Fund and $51  million in reimbursement authority phased in over the next two years ($5  million in 2024 ‑25 and $46  million in 2025 ‑26) to repair damage from 2023 and 2024 winter storms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - Our State Spending Plan posts from 2024 and 2025 provide more information about this effort to realize budgetary savings and the sequence of events. Legislature Was Given More Time to Consider About 1,000 Residual Positions That the Governor Had Proposed to Eliminate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Of these positions, the control section directs DOF to identify positions proposed for elimination that had been authorized to implement legislation passed in 2022 and 2023. DOF identified 116.5 positions that fall into this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion. Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Introduction In July 2024, the Legislature approved Chapter  83 (S B  867 , Allen), authorizing a $10  billion bond measure entitled the “Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. ” Largely designed to increase the state ’s resilience to the impacts of climate change, the measure was placed on the statewide ballot as Proposition  4 and subsequently approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details] Description: This publication assesses the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 spending plan for Proposition 4, the $10 billion climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5115

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

Oct 16, 2023 - As shown in Figure  8, the revised budget package provides $1.7  billion for these programs from 2021 ‑22 through 2024 ‑25, including $344  million in 2023 ‑24. (This multiyear total includes $50  million for the Regional Climate Resilience Program originally intended to be provided in 2023 ‑24 but delayed and now planned for 2024 ‑25.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

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

Mar 18, 2026 - According to estimates from the Delta Stewardship Council, California achieved only about 10 percent of the annual target on average between 2018 and 2023. Recognition That Rivers Need More Water to Support Native Fish.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163