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

Feb 10, 2026 - Assessment Administration’s Revenue Estimates Appear Reasonable, but GGRF Revenues Remain Difficult to Predict. Based on currently available information, DOF’s 2026‑27 GGRF revenue forecast appears reasonable.However, GGRF revenues are inherently somewhat unpredictable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Revenues May Not Be Sufficient to Fully Support Statutory Allocations and Legislative Intent for 2026-27 … As illustrated in Figure  1, cap-and-invest auction revenues have varied across months and years, and multiple influencing factors make them difficult to predict.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - On an annual basis, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) must report information about projects ’ objectives; status; anticipated outcomes; expected public benefits; and other basic information such as location, cost, and matching funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 24, 2026 - To help the state meet its climate goals and air quality requirements, the Governor signed an Executive Order in 2020 establishing various ZEV goals, including that 100 percent of in‑state sales of new passenger cars and trucks be zero emission by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation

Jan 31, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $100  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $100  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —total of $200  million over two years —for CalGEM to plug wells and decommission facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4508

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - It would be important, for example, to make sure that the training center does not produce more trainees than are expected to be able to secure positions in  the  forestry field. Number of Eligible Participants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - The state ’s Safeguarding California Plan cites that for every foot of SLR, 50 feet to 100 feet of beach width could be lost. Moreover, a recent scientific study by USGS researchers predicted that under scenarios of three feet to six feet of SLR, up to two‑thirds of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded by 2100.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Given this, using GGRF as a budget tool would necessitate reexamining existing commitments—including discretionary and statutory allocations—to make sure they continue to reflect the Legislature’s highest priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - For example, a recent study from Stanford researchers predicts that by around 2040, California ’s climate will have transitioned to one in which there is nearly a 100  percent likelihood that low precipitation years also will be severely warm.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Accurately predicting the net effects of the extension of the cap ‑and ‑invest program on the Legislature ’s key policy priorities —such as GHG reduction and affordability —is difficult, if not impossible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097