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

Feb 10, 2026 - A few key reasons explain these year ‑over ‑year changes. First, the 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 totals include significant one ‑time General Fund spending that the state dedicated for these departments a few years ago when it had surpluses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 2, 2026 - The 2024-25 State Budget Provided Resources to the Water Boards to Respond to New Workload. The 2024-25 budget provided $5  million on an ongoing basis from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and 26 new positions for the water boards to support the water quality permitting and enforcement work that previously was handled directly by the federal government or under federal authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Notably, however, the administration does not propose to fund any of the programs that were anticipated to receive out‑year monies in the 2024‑25 GGRF expenditure plan, such as CERIP or transit, in either 2026‑27 or future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - This action reflected intent from the 2024-25 budget agreement, however, it achieved far less savings —only about one-quarter —than originally envisioned once the administration put forth department-specific reduction proposals (rather than nonspecific aggregate estimates).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details] Description: This publication assesses the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 spending plan for Proposition 4, the $10 billion climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5115

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - The program is supported by state and federal funds and receives around $540   million annually —meaning this proposal would result in a reduction of about 9   percent each year. Overall, these reductions would result in fewer state and local transportation projects being funded each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, for illustrative purposes, even if we assume that only half of last year ’s ZEV purchases would qualify to receive rebates due to the program ’s restrictions, we estimate that the proposed funding would support incentives of just $1,000 per vehicle for one  year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Regardless of the Legislature ’s preferred approach, we recommend approving resources on a two-year limited-term basis. This is because the ongoing workload is uncertain but likely to be relatively small.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120