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

Mar 19, 2026 - Moreover, our review found that LCI ’s proposed total of 20 IT staff positions is not out of line with the size of IT units at other comparable state departments. Existing Positions Supported by Limited-Term Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 24, 2026 - In large part due to this cost differential, currently only a small share —less than 2   percent —of aviation fuel used in the United States is SAF. SAF Production Occurs Alongside Other Renewable Fuels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 2, 2026 - CWA = Clean Water Act; WOTUS = Waters of the United States; WDRs = Waste Discharge Requirements; and NPDES = National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. How Waters Are Defined Affects How They Are Regulated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 19, 2024 - The fact that the Unit 8 MOU explicitly mentions this condition seemed to emphasize that the Legislature might need to weigh the capacity of the General Fund to support the costs of the change beginning in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Oct 16, 2025 - In addition, it amends the Coastal Act to prevent appeals of local permits for multifamily housing (four or more units) in the coastal zone on the basis of the project being located in a sensitive coastal resource area or not being the principally permitted use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Sep 12, 2024 - WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board; DWR = Department of Water Resources; SCC = State Coastal Conservancy; CDFW  =  California Department of Fish and Wildlife; SMMC= Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; NCCP = Natural Community Conservation Plan; DOC = Department of Conservation; DC  =  Delta Conservancy; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; NBS  =  Nature ‑based solutions; and  Cal  CIS  = California Climate Information System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2016-17 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 16, 2016 - Impact of New Professional Standards Unit on Ongoing Workload Unclear. Second, it is unclear how the creation of a new professional standards unit will affect the ongoing workload because some of the unit ’s activities could influence the number of required investigations or adverse actions undertaken.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3354

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - The legislation requires CPUC to set new retirement dates no later than 2029 for unit 1 and 2030 for unit 2. It also requires CEC and CPUC to deliver a joint Reliability Planning Assessme nt to the Legislature by December 15, 2022, and quarterly thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Examples of such capital outlay projects include replacing and relocating facilities like unit headquarters, fire stations, and air attack bases. The state also has made various smaller wildfire response-related augmentations that are not captured in the figure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952