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

Feb 24, 2026 - Nearly 30  percent of all ZEV passenger vehicles sold nationwide are in California, while the state is only home to about 12  percent of the U.S. population. Federal Light ‑Duty Incentive Program Expired in Late September 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Mar 2, 2026 - By contrast, under delegated federal authority, the water boards can proactively assess penalties for violations of federal discharge permit terms to prevent unwanted discharges from happening. In addition, under current state law, the water boards cannot initially cite an illegal discharge (such as illegal dumping) if that type of discharge was not included in a permit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In light of this, we think the Legislature should carefully consider what types of activities it would like to include in this category —and potentially provide this guidance to the administration in statute, as appropriate —recognizing that this year ’s decisions could serve as a precedent going forward.
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 - For example, this could mean shifting some funding from forest resilience activities to defensible space maintenance and home hardening improvements. It could also mean targeting funding for the most vulnerable communities facing high wildfire risk that may not be able to imp rove their resilience without state assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 24, 2026 - These refineries can shift production between these two types of fuels with relative ease depending on market conditions, as the industrial processes for producing RD and SAF are similar, using the same feedstocks and much of the same equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board [Publication Details]

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Overview of Wildfire Prevention and Response Funding [Publication Details]

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

Mar 18, 2026 - While VAs can result from litigation, they differ from regular court orders or traditional top ‑down regulations in that the affected parties negotiate a settlement to try to achieve agreed ‑upon objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Additionally, in the early 2020s when the state was benefiting from a large General Fund surplus, the budget allocated sub stantial limited-term funding for LCI and SGC to administer several climate-related grant programs, including some related to extreme heat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

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