The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - While the companion reports in this series highlight climate change issues specific to different sectors, certain major themes are applicable across all policy areas. One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - In some cases, the federal government has covered an even greater share of expenses —as much as 100  percent of eligible costs within the first 30 days of a disaster and 90  percent of costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget $20,007 $20,517 SFEU = Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties (discretionary reserve) and BSA  =  Budget Stabilization Account (rainy day fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Oct 16, 2025 - Assembly Bill 130 also shortens coastal zone housing permit review times under the Permit Streamlining Act, generally from 180 to 90 days. Chapter  24 of 2025 (SB  131, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) further amends CEQA to require that housing development projects meeting all but one CEQA exemption criteria be reviewed solely on that issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - More recently, the Governor’s 2017-18 budget proposed an additional $178 million in one-time funding for resources and other agencies—primarily from the General Fund—for continued drought-response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (This is true even under the Governor ’s higher revenue projections, as the administration ’s proposal includes actions to free up capacity for new spending proposals, including creating a settle ‑up obligation for schools and community colleges and suspending a transfer to the state ’s rainy day fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2017-18 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Feb 16, 2017 - Chapter  577 of 2016 (AB 2570, Quirk) required CPUC to adopt a rule that LifeLine enrollees cannot switch telephone providers within 60 days after beginning the service, subject to certain exceptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3568

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - This is one of the key reasons that the budget remains balanced now. The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - In one state —New Hampshire — park-generated revenue covers all of park operational costs. Other states —such as Iowa, Tennessee, and Kentucky —have no day use fees at all (although they do charge camping fees).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527