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

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Having the proposal in January rather than later in the budget process provides the Legislature and other interested parties with more time to review the proposed course of action and consider all of the potential options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - California Education Learning Laboratory (CELL) Supports Development of Online Higher Education Courses. Created in 2018 ‑19, the purpose of CELL is to expand lower ‑division online and hybrid courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the state ’s three public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - First, in April 2021, the Legislature passed a $ 536 m illion “early action ” wildfire resilience package that added $ 2 m illion on a one ‑time basis to CalFire ’s 2020 ‑21 General Fund budget for additional defensible space inspectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

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

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
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 - (The General Fund eventually will need to pay for the debt service on bond spending over the course of the next few  decades.) …However, Bar for New Spending Should Be High Regardless of Fund Source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - We will assess the other three mandates —also related to stormwater permits —after the administration proposes a course of action, potentially in the Governor ’s revised budget proposal in May. Summary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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

May 19, 2025 - Moreover, if the Legislature does not use GGRF to help ad dress the state ’s budget problems, it will be faced with making even greater reductions to General Fund-supported programs or increasing revenues by a like amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049