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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 17, 2026 - While eliminating vacancies could appear to be an easy way to achieve ongoing budgetary savings, in some cases doing so co uld undermine environmental departments ’ long-term capacity and ability to achieve the goals and tasks laid out for them in state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Mar 2, 2026 - In its statutorily required report to the Legislature, SWRCB identified several ways that state law could be amended to increase the efficiency of the state permitting processes and reduce workload while maintaining core environmental protections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Below, we identify two ways the Legislature could modify proposals such that it could provide at least some level of support to pursue what it finds to be worthwhile objectives while still accommodating the state ’s fiscal limitations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The box below describes some of the primary ways that state and federal rules govern water use in the Bay ‑Delta watershed and how they  interact. Numerous State and Federal Rules Govern Water Use in the Bay‑Delta Watershed Water allocations from the San Francisco Bay ‑Delta watershed depend not only on available supply from rainfall and snowmelt, but also on a complex framework of state and federal requirements contained in both statutes and administrative regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163