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

Mar 19, 2026 - As the budget picture becomes more clear in the next few months, we recommend the Legislature decide whether the merits of these proposals outweigh the resulting additional pressure on the General Fund both in 2026-27 and out-years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 2, 2026 - As such, under current state law, to protect non-WOTUS, each regional board must revise their regional plans to match the statewide plan. Amending stat ute to extend the rulemaking authority for statewide plans to all waters would reduce workload and processing times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 24, 2026 - While the proposal attempts to magnify the potential effect of incentives by requiring manufacturers to provide a dollar ‑for ‑dollar match, the incentive amount likely still would be relatively small.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - On an annual basis, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) must report information about projects ’ objectives; status; anticipated outcomes; expected public benefits; and other basic information such as location, cost, and matching funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Under the plan, these water users would follow a regulatory compliance pathway (as discussed in the next section). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Absent such additional direction, the Legislature will largely be deferring to CPUC to make decisions about how to allocate this funding —which could total in the tens of billions of dollars over the next twenty years —to utility customers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (The General Fund eventually will need to pay for the debt service on bond spending over the course of the next few  decades.) …However, Bar for New Spending Should Be High Regardless of Fund Source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Moreover, while one key near‑term source of program uncertainty was resolved with its statutory extension, some remaining factors could potentially still create a heightened level of revenue unpredictability in the next couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114