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

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 1 Administrative and Policy Information technology (IT) Support five existing positions and various IT infrastructure and security activities resulting from LCI establishing its own IT system and office beginning in 2023-24. $6.2 $6.2 Administrative and legislative Support 37.5 existing positions to conduct activities related to human resources, accounting, budget, contracts, facilities,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 18, 2026 - VA Parties Submitted an Alternative Proposal in 2022. Water users missed the 2019 deadline to submit a VA proposal to SWRCB. In March  2022, they came forward with an initial Memorandum of Understanding detailing terms to advance a VA for the Sacramento/Delta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 17, 2026 - The final budget agreement instead eliminated fewer positions (4,994) and provided the Legislature additional time to review 1,009 additional positions which we refer to as “residual: ” (1)  those associated with implementing legislation chaptered in 2022 and 2023 across numerous departments, and (2)  all of those in nine specified departments which we highlight in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the state began to reduce its firefighter duty week from a 72 ‑hour workweek to a 66 ‑hour workweek, consistent with a 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and the CalFire firefighters ’ union.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library. The budget includes an estimated $39  million one-time General Fund for Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library. This amount reflects the remainder of the original $68  million that the 2022-23 Budget Act provided for this initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Governor ’s Position Conflicts With the Court ’s and Commission ’s Decisions. The justification behind the Governor ’s proposal conflicts with decisions by both the 2022 appellate court and CSM. The court determined that local governments lack fee authority when voter approval pursuant to Proposition  218 is required, distinguishing this requirement from the majority protest requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - CalFire —Staffing to Support CMD and CCC Fire Crews. $104 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and $50 million and 238 positions ongoing thereafter to support the addition of CCC and CMD crews. CalFire —Additional Relief Staffing. $97 million in 2022 ‑23 and $85 million and 455 positions ongoing thereafter to increase firefighter staffing levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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

Feb 24, 2026 - State ’s Multiyear Fiscal Condition is Alarming. The Governor ’s 2026 ‑27 budget proposal is only precariously balanced —and we believe the risk of a stock market downturn is elevated. If a downturn were to occur, it would substantially worsen the state ’s near ‑term budget picture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 24, 2026 - According to the California Air Resources Board ’s (CARB ’s) GHG inventory, aviation accounts for only roughly 1  percent of the state ’s emissions. While this estimate may be somewhat understated, as it only accounts for intrastate travel, estimates of the relative contribution of aircraft to national and global GHG emissions are still relatively modest, totaling about 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals The 2022-23 Budget Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals Summary. This budget post describes the Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 budget proposals for the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and provides comments and recommendations to the  Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523