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

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection The 2025-26 California Spending Plan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection This post begins by providing an overview of total spending for the departments overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program Transfers $40  Million from Fund Providing Investment Accounts for Foster Youth to General Fund. The 2022-23 budget provided $100  million and $15  million ongoing to the California HOPE for Children Trust Account Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5080

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Typically, electricity use is highest in the evenings when household members return home from work and use electric appliances, particularly during summer months when many households seek to keep their homes cool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Please see our companion post, The 2025-26 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, for a list of the reductions. Timing for Future Allocations of Funding Still to Be Determined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - The eight-year VA program would provide an alternative compliance pathway for participants in lieu of having to meet SWRCB regulatory instream flow standards. It is designed to increase flows to recover and protect salmon and other native fishes, while also restoring habitat and providing funding for water purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - Such certainty would help businesses make long ‑term investment decisions and facilitate the state ’s plans for how it can pursue its GHG goals and support high ‑priority  programs. Historically, Legislature Has Delegated Many Decisions on Cap ‑and ‑Trade to CARB.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Members of the public typically alert a local government about a disaster incident —such as a fire —through calls to the 9-1-1 system. Upon receiving such an alert, local first responders —such as police or fire departments —respond to the incident.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - These fund shifts would provide $50 million of previously unallocated Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan funds to Demand Side Grid Support Program. SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; DWR = Department of Water Resources; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; CalOES = California Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services; LCI = Governor ’s
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - (Previous budget agreements included intent to provide GGRF for CERIP ‑related activities in 2025 ‑26 but deferred decisions on which specific activities would be funded to future budget deliberations.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960