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

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Since Much of GGRF Is Committed, This Approach Would Involve Revisiting Existing Commitments. As discussed above, the Legislature has already committed large portions of GGRF for specific activities in 2026 ‑27 and out ‑years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - For example, the proposal includes 71  percent of the total remaining amount for extreme heat mitigation and a comparatively much lower 12  percent of the total remaining amount for coastal resilience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Often, discontinuing or scaling back new activities that are still in the process of expanding or being implemented can be done without too much disruption. To the extent the Legislature identifies areas of previously approved spending that could be reduced, delayed, or eliminated, doing so could free up resources to help address the budget shortfall and/or to redirect toward more pressing concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - We further recommend that —regardless of which activities the Legislature elects to fund —it authorize such funding on a limited-term rather than ongoing basis, as much of the workload appears to be short term in nature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 24, 2026 - However, doing so likely would require a much larger and/or longer ‑term investment than what the Governor is proposing (or what the state realistically could provide, given its budget limitations). Proposal Could Result in Program Duplication.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Mar 2, 2026 - At the state level, all WOTUS —and many other waters, wetlands, and streams —meet the state statutory definition for “waters of the state ” because it is much broader than the federal definition. As a result, under current state law, the narrower definition of WOTUS means that certain waters previously regulated under federal law must now be regulated solely by the state to maintain comparable water quality protections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144