The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - These include: (1) $10  million in 2021 ‑22 to build a new exhibit on antisemitism, (2) $5  million in 2022 ‑23 to support museum repairs and to purchase and retrofit a bus to deliver mobile learning services, (3) $2.1  million in 2023 ‑24 to renovate the museum ’s training center, and (4) $2  million in 2024 ‑25 to support further renovations at the training center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Mar 19, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals Governor ’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals Summary The Governor ’s 2026-27 budget proposes two categories of General Fund budget augmentations for the Governor ’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI): (1)  ongoing support for administrative and policy activities and (2)  temporary and ongoing funding for statutorily required activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - In general, we think there is a reasonable policy argument for government funding to promote the development of newer technologies because the private sector will likely underinvest in these activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Enforces defensible space requirements in the “State Responsibility Area ” (SRA, which includes over 31 million acres of mostly privately owned forestlands). Oversees enforcement of state timber harvesting policies on private lands.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - These include overseeing enforcement of the state ’s forest practices regulations, providing grant funding for forest health and fire prevention projects, and regulating timber harvesting on private or state ‑owned forestland.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - The  Governor proposes to (1)  double funding for this program and (2)  make the program ongoing rather than limited term. As such, the proposal includes an additional $4.7  million from the General Fund from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26 (supplementing the $4.7  million in existing limited ‑term funding) and then $9.3  million ongoing annual General Fund in 2026 ‑27 and thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - However, if DCPP continues operations as intended, the plant would provide a significant contribution to helping the state meet its reliability goals —2 ,280  MW, which is more than double the reliability benefits provided by the ESSRRP in 2023 and nearly five times the MW shortfall that resulted in the rotating outages of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2023-24 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 22, 2023 - Reductions are the strategy through which the Governor generates the most savings across the five years ($4.1  billion, or 62  percent), as displayed in Figure  2. This includes $3.8  billion scored towards solving the 2023 ‑24 budget  problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692

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

Sep 12, 2024 - This represents a net decrease of $94  million, or 2  percent, from the estimated 2023 ‑24 expenditure level. This decrease is primarily due to the expiration of one-time funds that were available to CalFire in 2023 ‑24 —including large carryovers from prior years —which is partially offset by the augmentations discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - Chapter  57 of 2023 (SB  145, Newman) includes provisions related to mitigating the environmental impacts of various types of transportation projects, including a high-speed rail project that has been proposed by a private firm, Brightline West, to be constructed between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785