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

Feb 10, 2026 - Instead, the statute references setting aside funding for them prior to computing allotments for Tier  3  funding. Funding Proposals From State Operations Has Implications for Money Left Available for Other Tiers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Most recently, the federal Inflation Reduction Act included a tax credit of up to $7,500 per vehicle for the purchase of new light ‑duty ZEVs and up to $4,000 per vehicle for the purchase of used light ‑duty ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 10, 2026 - However, up to $3  million of the proposed amount is to buy mitigation credits, yet the administration indicates that credits currently are not available for purchase. Therefore, we recommend the Legislature reduce the proposal to $11  million since $3  million may not be urgently needed or  used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 18, 2026 - One of several goals the Legislature expressed for the Delta through approval of the Delta Reform Act in 2009 (Chapter 5 [SB X7 1, Simitian]) was accelerating the process for determining flow needs to protect public trust resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, SWRCB reports that out of all dredge/fill permit applications received, the share of state-only permit applications increased from about 5  percent before Sackett to about 20  percent after that decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 24, 2026 - While this estimate may be somewhat understated, as it only accounts for intrastate travel, estimates of the relative contribution of aircraft to national and global GHG emissions are still relatively modest, totaling about 3  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 17, 2026 - As such, reducing positions and expenditures could mean that funds —at least in the near term —end up sitting unused in account balances rather than supporting the activities that fee-payers have paid the state to undertake.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124