The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Positions May Address Important Needs Despite Being Vacant. The administration targeted vacant positions to achieve budgetary savings. Eliminating a vacant position may appear to have less of an impact on a department than eliminating a filled position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. Figure 2 263 409 a Includes the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and general obligation bond debt service. Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The budget proposes $9.5  million ongoing from the General Fund and 15 positions to replace critical river forecasting and snow survey activities that previously were conducted by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Given the continued uncertainty around cap ‑and ‑invest revenues, we recommend the Legislature closely monitor upcoming quarterly auctions —in February  and May 2026 —to assess how revenues are materializing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - . $25  million for seed funding for a University of California Climate Research Center. $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Revenues May Not Be Sufficient to Fully Support Statutory Allocations and Legislative Intent for 2026-27 … As illustrated in Figure  1, cap-and-invest auction revenues have varied across months and years, and multiple influencing factors make them difficult to predict.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - The 2024-25 State Budget Provided Resources to the Water Boards to Respond to New Workload. The 2024-25 budget provided $5  million on an ongoing basis from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and 26 new positions for the water boards to support the water quality permitting and enforcement work that previously was handled directly by the federal government or under federal authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding. LCI = Governor ’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation; EEO = Equal Employment Opportunity; and CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act. Assessment Administration Has Provided Reasonable Justification for Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The spending plan provides $15  million from Proposition  40 (2002) for Parks deferred maintenance projects. This augmentation partially offsets a reduction of $30  million from the General Fund for deferred maintenance, resulting in a $15  million net reduction as shown in the “Other Recent Augmentations ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - In  addition, the Legislature could consider revisiting GGRF continuous appropriations and ongoing spending commitments, most of which were established in 2014 ‑15. The Legislature ’s highest priorities may now be different.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847