Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Ban Using Potable Water to Irrigate Nonfunctional Turf on CII Landscapes. Proposed regulations would ban irrigation of nonfunctional turf with potable water beginning on July 1, 2025. SWRCB ’s regulations were proposed before approval of Chapter  849 of 2023 ( AB 1572, Friedman ), which has a similar prohibition that is phased in beginning in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - (The exception to this approach is that the proposal includes small amounts of state operations —or “program delivery ” —funding scheduled for appropriation in future fiscal years to enable departments to hire and plan for program administration and oversight activities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In part because some of these funds had originally been scheduled to be provided in previous years but then were delayed due to the state budget condition, some local transit agencies already have committed portions of this funding to specific local projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - As highlighted in an October 2024 report by the HSRA OIG, HSRA needs to secure funds to meet most of its identified funding gap for the Merced-to-Bakersfield portion of the project before June 2026 to avoid negative impacts on its schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State

Oct 5, 2016 - Those regulations could ban or otherwise restrict the chemical ’s use, establish safety requirements, or require additional reporting or labeling by the manufacturer. In addition, the federal law increases EPA ’s authority in a few ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3504

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

Mar 19, 2024 - Increasing Scheduled Overtime. The Legislature could consider using scheduled overtime to meet at least some of the reduced workweek hours. If the reduced workweek hours were covered entirely through scheduled overtime, this would essentially result in firefighters working a similar amount as they currently do, but shifting some of those hours to be classified as overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Accordingly, the statutorily required GGRF allocations for the SRA fee backfill and manufacturing tax exemption still are scheduled  to end January 1, 2031 and July  30,  2030,  respectively. Adds a Few New Statutory Allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Feb 10, 2026 - CCC proposes $11.7  million General Fund and 49 positions in 2026 ‑27 (as well as a similar amount ongoing) for its hand crews to operate on a daily, year ‑round schedule consistent with CalFire ’s hand crew requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Because the program currently is scheduled to receive state funding through 2025 ‑26, along with existing federal funds, program services would continue even without the proposed augmentation, allowing the state time to collect additional information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Construction is scheduled to begin in November 2025 and expected to be complete by January 2028. Proposition  4 (2024). The budget package allocates funds authorized by Proposition  4, which provided $10  billion in bond funds for activities designed to increase the state ’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/