The 2024-25 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 14, 2024 - (We discuss the overall budget condition in our January 2024 report,  The 2024‑25 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget .)  Governor’s Proposals Uses Three Strategies to Generate $4.1   Billion in General Fund Solutions for 2024 ‑25 Budget Problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - If Uncertain Whether General Fund Can Support Proposal, Do Not Approve in 2024 ‑25 … Several factors contribute to uncertainties around whether the General Fund can sustain this proposal in the coming years, including its high costs, current projections of budget ‑year and out ‑year deficits, and lack of clarity regarding future economic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - (CII  includes water used by businesses, manufacturers, and public ‑serving entities, such as schools, as well as for large landscapes, such as parks.) Urban Water Suppliers Provide Water to Most Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - CSM has identified four new state-reimbursable mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . All four concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards and costs incurred by local governments prior to 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - CA Volunteers spread those funds across portions of 2022, 2023, and 2024 to fund the program for two and a half years. The  2022 ‑23 budget package supplemented these funds with an additional $25  million on a one ‑time basis from the General Fund for the program to augment services during the summer of 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - (As such, bond funds could not be available at the beginning of the 2024‑25 fiscal year to implement the Governor’s proposals.) SWRCB Groundwater Permitting Unit Would Expedite Floodwater Recharge Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Additionally, the Governor has indicated a priority that any new spending plan include at least $1  billion per year annually for the high-speed rail project. (Under current law, high-speed rail receives roughly 25  percent of GGRF revenues.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation $33.2 117 a In addition to the ongoing amount, the proposal includes about $100,000 from the DPR Fund on a one ‑time basis for travel support related to inspections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program Summary The Governor ’s budget proposes $65.2  million from the General Fund in 2024 ‑25 to support the Salton  Sea Management Program (SSMP) and authority for 18 new positions phased in over two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859