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

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Before this augmentation, Clean California had received a total of $1.2  billion from the General Fund through previous budget packages Funding and Budget Trailer Legislation Related to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These conditions decrease the amount of spring and early summer snowmelt runoff upon which the state historically has depended for its annual water supply, at the same time that they increase the demand for irrigation water in both agricultural and urban settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Before wading into the Governor ’s workforce development package, we encourage the Legislature to consider what problems it wishes to solve by allocating additional funds to workforce development efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program

Feb 10, 2022 - The Governor’s proposal requests additional funding before the reporting requirements are completed, making it difficult at this time for the Legislature to assess the merits of providing funding to expand the program in budget‑year‑plus‑one.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4526

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - Requiring HSRA to notify the chairpersons of the relevant committees of both houses of the Legislature before submitting a federal grant application and before releasing a request for proposals for certain contracts, such as for acquisition of trainsets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - The Legislature could reduce funding for the program and wait to review reported outcomes from the completed projects before deciding whether additional funding is warranted in the future. Grade Separation Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

Overview of the 2017 Transportation Funding Package

Jun 8, 2017 - The state ’s highway system includes about 50,000 lane ‑miles of pavement, 13,000 bridges, and 205,000  culverts (pipes that allow naturally occurring water to flow beneath a roadway). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is responsible for maintaining and rehabilitating the highway system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3688

The 2024-25 Budget: Transportation Budget Solutions

Feb 23, 2024 - While this process will be challenging, taking the time to consider, research, and select potential options over the spring will better pre pare the Legislature to make decisions in May and June when it will not have much time to gather information and carefully consider program trade ‑offs before the budget  deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4854