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

Mar 19, 2026 - Providing ongoing support for all of the existing L CI staff that work on CEQA guidelines and modernization efforts can help avoid delays or incompletion of such work and ensure the state continues to provide effective CEQA coordination, technical assistance, and information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 2, 2026 - We suggest the Legislature also consider adopting certain statutory amendments to increase the efficiency of this permitting work and provide SWRCB with improved enforcement tools. Background Federal and State Laws Govern Water Quality in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 24, 2026 - These pressures are expected to grow as the state works to further increase ZEV adoption to meet its ambitious climate goals, as we discuss in our 2023 report, Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Citing well ‑documented and extensive evidence of ecosystem decline in the Delta, SWRCB has been working for many years to update the plan with water quality objectives that would better support fish.
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 - However, delaying opening and staffing the new center would mean that comparatively less conservation —including wildfire prevention —work would be undertaken. Expo Park: Site Improvements and Utility Replacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Both the new and existing positions working on Proposition  4 programs will be paid for using a portion of the bond funds approved in 2025-26. (As of this writing, the administration was still developing department-specific position and funding totals associated with administering Proposition  4 in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Given that the exact level of ongoing resources that will be required is uncertain until the work is underway, supporting whatever activities the Legislature elects to fund on a limited-term basis would allow for time to ascertain what level of ongoing support might be needed in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 24, 2026 - The  absence of specific information on the program structure makes it impossible for the Legislature to understand how the program will work or evaluate its costs and benefits. For example, without information on the proposed incentive amounts, the Legislature cannot determine whether the incentives would be sufficient to meaningfully affect behavior.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Oct 16, 2025 - (The total also includes roughly $1.4  billion in annual payments from water contractors for DWR ’s work on the State Water Project that is continuously appropriated outside of the annual budget act.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - As  discussed previously, these wildfires have placed significant strains on the state ’s firefighters, many of whom have been asked to work for extended periods with few breaks. These long periods of work have been difficult for firefighters as well as for their families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886