The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - EPA) may independently bring pesticide use enforcement cases upon referral. U.S. EPA can levy penalties of roughly $9,000 for violations of federal pesticide use requirements , but for serious violations, penalties can be as high as $50,000 along with potential imprisonment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Additionally, without underst anding the number of incentives that will be provided, the Legislature does not know the number of purchases that could potentially be encouraged —at least to some degree —by the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Mar 19, 2026 - While this funding has now mostly been allocated to grantees, Proposition  4 —the 2024 climate bond —also assigned LCI and SGC responsibilities for administering bond funding for a number of similar climate programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (Given their number, we do not discuss every environment ‑related proposal from the Governor ’s budget. Rather, we highlight some of the larger funding requests that we feel are helpful in illustrating our recommended framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The Bay ‑Delta system is culturally and spiritually significant for a number of native tribes and central to their traditional diets. In addition, this watershed provides vital habitat for hundreds of species of fish and wildlife.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 17, 2026 - However, positions can be vacant for a number of reasons. For example, in the case of recently enacted legislation, departments likely had not yet had time to hire staff and still were in the initial process of filling the newly established positions when the Department of Finance determined that the positions would instead be eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - Electric utilities typically receive roughly one-quarter of the total number of annual allowances issued by CARB. These free allowances are intended to protect electric consumers from significant cost increases associated with the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - As shown, the number of new positions range from 13 at the Department of Conservation to one each at the Tahoe Conservancy and California Conservation Corps. The number of new positions for a particular department depends both on the amount of workload anticipated in 2025-26 as well as the degree to which the department had preexisting positions that can be redirected to wo rk on Proposition  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - The bond measure includes a number of requirements to guide how funds are administered and overseen by about 30 different state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, conservancies, and offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115