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

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
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 - This presumably would reduce the number of protests (Sections 3 and 4) . Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

May 19, 2025 - GGRF Expenditure Plan LAO Bottom Line: In crafting the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) expenditure plan, we recommend that the Legislature: (1)  ensure its legislative priorities are reflected, (2)  minimize the use of continuous appropriations, (3)  give serious consideration to using GGRF to help solve the budget problem and preserve highest-priority activities, (4)  defer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and fund the mandate for three key reasons: (1)  the appellate court found that SB  231 does not apply retroactively and local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise stormwater-related fees prior to 2018, (2)  CSM determined these were state-reimbursable mandates, and (3)  local governments already incurred
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Climate Smart Technical Assistance Grants for Producers ($3   Million). The proposal also includes $3  million to support climate smart technical assistance grants. This  proposal would provide competitive funding to organizations that help encourage producers to adopt a wide variety of climate smart practices —such as those aimed at improving soil health, sequestering carbon, reducing emissions, and increasing water and energy efficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - We note that to the extent the Legislature would like to direct additional spending toward reducing GHGs, such as by funding GHG reductions outside of the capped sectors, it would be important to consider factors such as (1)  the cost ‑effectiveness of this spending; (2)  how this spending interacts with other programs besides cap ‑and ‑trade; (3)  any co ‑benefits beyond GHG
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Proposed 2025 ‑26 Cap ‑and ‑Trade Expenditure Plan (In Millions) Proposed in 2025 ‑26 Budget Continuous Appropriations a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Such a proposal should include a robust justification for the specific fees the department proposes to levy, as well as key details on the proposed fees such as: (1) the specific activities that would be subject to the fees, (2) the proposed fee amounts, (3) the entities that would be subject to paying the fees, (4) the level of expected fee revenues, and (5) how the fee revenues would be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - (On a technical basis, under the administration ’s estimates, we estimate the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties [SFEU] would be about $3  billion before the Governor ’s proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Similarly, within the coastal resilience section of the bond, Proposition  4 includes $75  million for CNRA and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to (1)  protect and restore island ecosystems, (2)  advance climate ‑ready fisheries management, and (3)  support the restoration and management of kelp ecosystems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958