New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - For example, Chapter  58 requires annual reports with information on active and expired job order contracts, as well as a one-time report on Caltrans ’ and DWR ’s use of progressive design-build authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

The 2021-22 Budget: California Natural Resources Agency [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2021 - This publication discusses the Governor's 2021-22 January budget proposals for the California Natural Resources Agency, including $125 million for habitat restoration projects and $4.5 million to move to a new office building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4324

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

Oct 16, 2025 - This program supports coordinators in 47 of 58 counties who work with local organizations and residents to improve community wildfire preparedness through education, events, and grant funding. Home Hardening Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This brings total funding for the program to $68  million in 2025-26. Additionally, the budget agreement includes intent to provide $83.6  million in General Fund and 48 positions for College Corps in 2026-27 and ongoing, making the program permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, the Governor proposes to replace $68  million of previously authorized General Fund with Proposition  4 funds for stewardship of state ‑owned land by Parks. This means that $68  million of Proposition  4 funding is not being provided on top of previous funding for land stewardship, but instead replaces those previous allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Second, the 2025 ‑26 amounts similarly include notably more one ‑time bond funds —reflecting $1.3  billion more in total appropriated from Proposition  4 (2024) as compared to what is proposed in 2026 ‑27, as well as funds carried over from other bonds (such as Proposition  68 [2018]) from appropriations made in prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Oct 18, 2021 - These increases are partially offset by lower appropriations of Proposition  68 (2018) bond funds in 2021 ‑22 than in 2020 ‑21. Museum Funding. The budget provides $62.5  million from the General Fund on a one-time basis to CNRA for various museum projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - DWR has received $314  million ($84  million from Proposition  68 bond funds and $229  million from the General Fund) to support state management of the SGMA program. Local Planning Grants. The  state has provided $93  million in Proposition  1 bond funds for planning grants, which supported local agencies as they formed GSAs and developed their  GSPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - This increase primarily is due to $58  million provided for the department in the Wildfire and Forest Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions packages (discussed in the “Crosscutting Issues ” section of this post), as well as the augmentations discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

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

Feb 14, 2024 - Estimates of the magnitude of this shortfall differ based on how “baseline” spending is defined—the administration estimates a $38 billion problem whereas in January our office estimated that the Governor’s budget addresses a $58 billion problem—as well as somewhat different revenue projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841