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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 10, 2026 - As displayed in Figure 2, the administration proposes to use $615 million of the $750 million in additional revenues to support the following activities, thus leaving a projected GGRF fund balanceof$135 million at the end of 2026‑27: CalFire Backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Dec 9, 2025 - In Figure  2, we display the order in which S B  840 allocates funding to four categories of activities. Specifically, beginning in 2026 ‑27, first priorities for available GGRF funds are the SRA fee backfill, the manufacturing tax exemption, and the Climate Bureau.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also authorizes nearly 80 new positions across 12 departments to administer Proposition  4-funded programs, as displayed in Figure  2. As shown, the number of new positions range from 13 at the Department of Conservation to one each at the Tahoe Conservancy and California Conservation Corps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Third, Figure  1 displays a sizeable year ‑to ‑year decline in federal funds for CNRA departments. The biggest component of this change is about $675  million less for the California Energy Commission (CEC) in 2026 ‑27, primarily due to a federal grant it received on a one ‑time basis in 2025 ‑26 from the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - These  particular   projects —also displayed in Figure   3 —are state ‑funded, although one project likely can also draw down $10  million in federal funds from the Bureau of Reclamation. Staffing to Expedite Groundwater Recharge Permits ($1.2   Million Ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

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

Oct 16, 2025 - Efficiency and Vacant Position Reductions 2025-26 Budget Implements Control Sections First Added in 2024-25. Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budget acts directed the Department of Finance (DOF) to identify efficiencies to reduce costs without adverse effects on state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - Figure  5 displays the programs and associated amounts stipulated in statute for annual GGRF allocations. These statutory requirements largely have stayed the same since the cap-and-trade program was established, though the forest health and drinking water spending amounts were added more recently (2022 and 2019, respectively).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

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

Sep 12, 2024 - As displayed in Figure  9, the 2024 ‑25 budget includes a number of budget solutions within this package. These include $106  million in reductions and $5  million in fund shifts from the General Fund to GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928