The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - While this rationale is reasonable, this approach is not without trade ‑offs. Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, without information on the proposed incentive amounts, the Legislature cannot determine whether the incentives would be sufficient to meaningfully affect behavior. Additionally, without underst anding the number of incentives that will be provided, the Legislature does not know the number of purchases that could potentially be encouraged —at least to some degree —by the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Mar 18, 2026 - (Natural production refers to all salmon —whether they are caught or survive —that reach adulthood without the use of hatcheries.) The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Without ongoing funding, CDFW would be unable to supplement natural production with hatchery releases, increasing extinction risk for spring ‑run Chinook and further constraining fall ‑run  populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Despite these advantages, the APA provides certain guarantees about the rulemaking process and ensures that uniform standards and procedures are followed, so exempting th e bond from these requirements is not without trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

May 19, 2025 - Using GGRF to achieve budget solutions is not without trade-offs, as it results in a need to reprioritize the use of GGRF and make reductions to previously planned expenditures from the fund. However, these trade-offs are present throughout the budget this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Mar 5, 2024 - Consider Adding Accountability Measures. We recommend the Legislature consider adding accountability measures as a way to conduct oversight of programmatic expansions and to ensure that funding is helping DPR meet its core objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - The  three projects are located in economically disadvantaged areas that likely do not have sufficient local revenues (such as from property assessments) to be able to pursue this work without state assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856