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

Feb 24, 2026 - In July 2025, the President signed H.R. 1 —also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act —which eliminated these ZEV purchase incentives as of the end of September 2025. Since the passage of H.R. 1, some vehicle manufacturers have signaled that they expect to scale back their previously planned production of ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Some of California ’s laws and regulations make building infrastructure projects —particularly big and complex projects like the DCP —difficult, often delaying the project and/or making it costlier. However, the laws this proposal would change were originally codified by the Legislature for specific reasons, such as to increase transparency, fairness, and public participation,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Governor ’s Budget Proposes $154   Million for CA Volunteers, Big Increase in General Fund Support. The budget for CA Volunteers has varied somewhat over the past several years due to limited ‑term funding, in particular from federal COVID ‑19 fiscal recovery funds (from which it received $237  million in 2021 ‑22, largely to establish and support the Youth Jobs Corps program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - Specifically, this includes $113.5  million from the General Fund ($103.5  million in reimbursement authority) for projects to address damage from the 2020 wildfires to various state parks, including Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463