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

Mar 19, 2026 - If the Legislature decides its budget framework cannot accommodate all of the new proposed spending, it could revise existi ng statutory requirements to downscale LCI ’s responsibilities and corresponding resource needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Much of the funding is to be awarded through competitive grants to eligible applicants includi ng local agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and utilities. Remaining funding will support state ‑led activities, such as deferred maintenance and wildfire resilience activities at state parks and projects at the Salton Sea.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Preventing and reducing the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies. Encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. The state may also use TANF funds for activities that were allowable under TANF ’s predecessor program, Aid to Dependent Families with Children, including some child welfare services expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure also requires the DOJ to establish a mechanism for third parties to report child safety incidents. In addition, the DOJ must publish an annual report summarizing overall audit findings and trends and create publicly accessible resources that provide information about covered AI systems ’ child safety policies and parental controls.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The requirements are focused largely on the public reporting of AI system capabilities, intended uses, risks, and safety incidents. In addition, large frontier AI developers —generally companies with substantial annual revenue —must publish annual AI safety frameworks that describe, among other things, governance structures, alignment with recognized risk-management standards, and procedures for identify ing, assessing, and mitigating major risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The requirements are focused largely on the public reporting of AI system capabilities, intended uses, risks, and safety incidents. In addition, large frontier AI developers —generally companies with substantial annual revenue —must publish annual AI safety frameworks that describe, among other things, governance structures, alignment with recognized risk-management standards, and procedures for identify ing, assessing, and mitigating major risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - The compacts were intended to provide the segments with more predictable funding levels, while also promoting certain performance goals, such as enrolling more resident undergraduates and improvi ng graduation rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Following the Oroville Dam spillway incident in 2017, legislation increased both DWR ’s enforcement authority and dam inspection requirements. Without the additional funding, DWR would have less capacity to implement current law and ensure dam owners are following rules designed to protect people and property from dam failures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Several formal evaluations of community schools nationally tend to find positive results for student and school outcomes, such as higher attendance and graduation rates, narrower academic achievement gaps as measured by standardized tests, and decreases in instances of disciplinary incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131