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

Feb 24, 2026 - California has two regions with the most critical air quality challenges in the nation —the South Coast Air Basin and the San Joaquin Valley. The regions need to make substantial reductions in criteria pollutants from all sources —specifically , nitrous oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter —to meet federal air quality standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

May 30, 2025 - San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board ’s Order in South Orange County. CSM determined that several of the requirements in the permit issued by the regional board in 2009 constitute state-reimbursable mandates for Orange County, Orange County Flood Control District, and the cities of South Orange County that are within the San Diego region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

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

May 27, 2025 - Delta Conveyance Project Background The Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) is the latest proposal to bypass the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) to convey water from the northern Delta to pumps south of the Delta as part of the State Water Project (SWP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - However, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach remain some of the largest sources of air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin. These ports are responsible for about 10 percent of the basin’s total NOx emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Researchers at the University of Illinois and the United States Department of Agriculture recently estimated national SAF production capacity at more than 800 million gallons per year (though the exact amount is uncertain due to the proprietary nature of refinery operations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - . $25  million for seed funding for a University of California Climate Research Center. $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Revenues May Not Be Sufficient to Fully Support Statutory Allocations and Legislative Intent for 2026-27 … As illustrated in Figure  1, cap-and-invest auction revenues have varied across months and years, and multiple influencing factors make them difficult to predict.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (The Legislature could also explore whether other resources, such as climate research funding that was previously provided to the University of California system, could help support this  assessment.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - . $25  million for seed funding for a University of California Climate Research Center. $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Additionally, Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel) —expresses the Legislature ’s intent to provide GGRF in 2026 ‑27 and potentially future years to support some California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) activities that otherwise would be funded from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - CalFire —Training Center Engines and Equipment. $16 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 for 13 new fire engines and other equipment for the Ventura Training Center and the California Fire Training Center South.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - The  second is CFTC ‑South, which is a leased facility in Riverside County. In recent years, CFTC ‑South has become an important ongoing, year ‑round location for CalFire training. In addition to these facilities, CalFire also provides training at various other sites, such as Castle Training Center in Atwater.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693