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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In contrast, many of these departments are primarily supported by special funds (along with bonds and federal funds). Correspondingly, some of the Governor ’s new spending proposals for these departments are from other fund sources and therefore would not have a direct impact on the General Fund condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Many of these positions may be vacant because they are hard to fill or for point-in-time circumstances, and not because they lack importance . Moreover, the fees used to pay for many of these positions were designed specifically to support the regulation and mitigation of industry ’s environmental impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Mar 2, 2026 - California has many wetlands and other ephemeral or seasonal waters that previously were considered WOTUS but now no longer meet the federal definition because they lack a continuous surface connect ion or are not relatively permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Mar 19, 2026 - The proposal would support 51.5 existing positions and two new positions at LCI (many of which are currently supported by limited-term funding), along with providing funding for some IT equipment, software licenses, and contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, given the state ’s fiscal limitations, the administration is not proposing to backfill the loss of federal funds in many other areas of the budget, such as health and human services. The rationale for treating this ZEV program as a higher priority for backfill relative to those other areas is not clear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (We note that many electric utilities charge higher rates during these four summer months, as they tend to be associated with higher electricity usage.) Instead of opting to take this simple approach, however, CPUC is proposing to implement a more complex met hodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120