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

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI houses SGC, which coordinates work across various state departments and agencies and disburses grants to address statewide climate and land use issues such as extreme heat and sustainable communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Next, we discuss a number of cross-cutting issues that affect departments in both agencies, including Proposition  4, budget reductions, and spending from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). We then discuss individual departments that had notable budget changes within each of the two agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - This post begins by providing an overview of total spending for the departments overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). Next, we discuss a number of cross-cutting issues that affect departments in both agencies, including Proposition 4, budget reductions, and spending from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5080

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - When proposing new projects, the administration generally follows the ranked project priority list identified in the judicial branch ’s 2019 assessment of facility needs. Since 2021 ‑22, the construction or renovation of 12  of the highest ranked immediate need projects have commenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Projects Are Ranked Within Modernization and Growth Categories. The Chancellor ’s Office uses certain scoring metrics to rank projects within these two categories. As Figure  1 shows, modernization projects receive points based on the age and condition of the facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Figure  3 provides our overall ranking of each measure across the three criteria. Option C ranks best in both historic similarity and fidelity to the current concept. While it faces some risk from future publication decisions, these risks are similar to the risk for options A and B, which still require metropolitan area statistics on prices for specific spending categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this brief, we provide background on affordable housing and affordable housing funding programs, describe and analyze the Governor’s budget proposals related to affordable housing funding, and provide recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - In this brief, we provide background on affordable housing and affordable housing funding programs, describe and analyze the Governor’s budget proposals related to affordable housing funding, and provide recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - As part of the sunset review, the state could approve fee increases to ensure the regulatory agency can cover its costs and be fiscally solvent in the years to come. Introduction Post Focuses on BPPE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and other agencies then implement these laws by adopting regulations to establish and enforce specific requirements. Water Rights (State).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163