The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Finally, although the proposed project funding ($27.4  million Proposition  1 bond funds) would only partially address what reclamation districts have identified as a $1.4  billion need for Delta levees, DWR indicates it would prioritize the funds for the most urgent projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In addition, numerous water agencies, irrigation districts, and individual farmers use water upstream of and within the Delta. Delta supply is one critical piece of the water supply puzzle for many California water users.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - (Although the commission also found certain activities to be mandates for the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, it determined that the district’s associated costs were not reimbursable by the state because the district had offsetting revenues to pay for them.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $12  million one-time Federal Trust Fund for grants to local governments (including schools and special districts, as well as federally recognized tribes) for the purpose of addressing cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - Figure 1 Agencies With Major Responsibilities at the Salton Sea Entity Local Imperial Irrigation District (IID) As a party to QSA, transfers up to 300,000 acre ‑feet per year of its water to SDCWA, CVWD, and Metropolitan Water District (MWD).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

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

May 5, 2025 - In 2010, Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and 14 cities within Orange County filed a test claim with CSM contending that various sections of the 2009 permit represented state-reimbursable mandated activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - The system is divided into 22 districts, which are further divided into 68 sectors. Districts vary in size. The smallest district by total operating costs is the Twin Cities District, which spent $5.6  million in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - In California, responsibilities for regulating air quality are divided between CARB and 35 regional air pollution control and air quality management districts. In general, regional air districts manage the regulation of stationary sources of pollution (such as factories) and prepare regional implementation plans to achieve compliance with federal and state standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - The QSA includes an agreement to transfer 300,000 acre ‑feet of water from IID —which uses Colorado River water to irrigate farm fields near the Sea —to two other Southern California water districts (the Coachella Valley Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority) for residential uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879