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

Feb 10, 2026 - The administration indicates that because these funds typically support ongoing state staff, ensuring more certainty that they will be available is important so as not to ri sk staff layoffs if GGRF revenues come in below  expectations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Once its remaining funding is exhausted, LCI states that it will not have sufficient resources to support its current administrative staffing levels, even though the need for existing staff to oversee programs and grant recipients and to support core office functions such as accounting and c ontracting will remain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 2, 2026 - Aligning state enforcement more c losely with federal requirements would create consistency and equip the water boards with more effective tools to protect water quality. Expanding Applicability of Statewide Water Quality Control Plans to Non-WOTUS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144