Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts

Dec 10, 2019 - As shown, the range between these scenarios is greater in 2100, reflecting the increased level of uncertainty about the degree of climate change impacts the planet will experience further in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4121

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - Higher sea levels pushing into the Delta from the ocean through the San Francisco Bay, however, will place more pressure on those levees. Should the levees in the southern part of the Delta be damaged and breached by these higher water levels, it would cause salt water to flood further into the estuary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - We further recommend that —regardless of which activities the Legislature elects to fund —it authorize such funding on a limited-term rather than ongoing basis, as much of the workload appears to be short term in nature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Consider Funding Priority Proposals at a Lower Level. Several of the Governor’s proposals involve activities that can be scaled up or down, with the level of funding determining the scope of work that can be undertaken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 17, 2026 - However, if departments were able to retain and fill these positions, the budget would not achieve the associated level of savings assumed in the Governor ’s budget. Consequently, if the Legislature wishes to retain the positions as part of its final budget package, it likely will need to find a commensurate level of savings elsewhere in the budget, at least for those positions supported by the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 24, 2026 - California has established statutory goals for reducing statewide GHG emissions —down to at least 40  percent below the 1990 level by 2030, and to at least 85  percent below the 1990 level by  2045. Federal Air Quality Standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 24, 2026 - At the federal level, RFS is a policy that requires a designated level of renewable fuels to be sold annually in the United States. Refiners and importers must either sell their share of the required volumes themselves or buy credits (known as Renewable Identification Numbers or RINs) from other producers that generate an excess of credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 19, 2026 - If the Legislature determines its budget cannot support the full requested amounts, it could consider downscaling the proposals and providing a lower level of funding. The resulting trade-off would be that LCI would not be able to provide the same level of service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Dec 9, 2025 - That is, to the degree other policies collectively fall short of meeting the state ’s GHG reduction goals, the cap ‑and ‑invest program could help ensure that covered entities reduce emissions further to make up the difference.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Mar 18, 2026 - It divided the effort into two phases based on geography, noting that each of the two major river systems is fed by snowmelt from different geographic regions, receives differing levels of precipitation, has distinct topographies, and supports different at ‑risk fish and wildlife species.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163