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

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, SWRCB reports that out of all dredge/fill permit applications received, the share of state-only permit applications increased from about 5  percent before Sackett to about 20  percent after that decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The budget proposes $5  million in 2026 ‑27 and $5.4  million ongoing thereafter from the General Fund, along with three positions, for CDFW to operate two salmon hatcheries and conduct associated monitoring and research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Through JLBC, the Legislature already expressed its preference for maintaining these positions and doing so would not have an impact on the General Fund condition. Weigh Importance of General-Funded Environmental Positions Against Other Budget Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - We recommend that the Legislature direct the administration to report at budget hearings on its longer ‑term strategy for expending S B  5 funds. Doing so would give the Legislature a better sense of when programs not proposed for funding in 2018 ‑19 would be implemented and how long the administration proposes taking to fully allocate bond funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP. This would allow DWR to pay for the project in the same way that it has paid for other SWP facilities, that is, by issuing revenue bonds which then would be required to be repaid by contracting SWP water agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

May 19, 2025 - HSRA Has Indicated Need to Securitize GGRF Revenues but Has Not Shared Plan for How to Do So. To address its near-term funding need, HSRA likely would need to borrow against future cap-and-trade revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Feb 10, 2026 - If any of these commitments represent lower ‑priority activities than programs at risk of being defunded, reallocating funding so it is instead directed to the highest ‑priority activities across the budget would make sense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Oct 16, 2025 - In some cases, however, the bond-supported programs —and, therefore, the projects that ultimately will end up being funded —may differ slightly from those that might have been funded with the General Fund, so this approach does not represent a dollar-for-dollar backfill in all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - In some cases, however, the bond-supported programs —and, therefore, the projects that ultimately will end up being funded —may differ slightly from those that might have been funded with the General Fund, so this approach does not represent a dollar-for-dollar backfill in all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076