The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - The 2024-25 State Budget Provided Resources to the Water Boards to Respond to New Workload. The 2024-25 budget provided $5  million on an ongoing basis from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund and 26 new positions for the water boards to support the water quality permitting and enforcement work that previously was handled directly by the federal government or under federal authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - This action reflected intent from the 2024-25 budget agreement, however, it achieved far less savings —only about one-quarter —than originally envisioned once the administration put forth department-specific reduction proposals (rather than nonspecific aggregate estimates).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Notably, however, the administration does not propose to fund any of the programs that were anticipated to receive out‑year monies in the 2024‑25 GGRF expenditure plan, such as CERIP or transit, in either 2026‑27 or future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Oct 16, 2025 - Efficiency and Vacant Position Reductions 2025-26 Budget Implements Control Sections First Added in 2024-25. Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budget acts directed the Department of Finance (DOF) to identify efficiencies to reduce costs without adverse effects on state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the state began to reduce its firefighter duty week from a 72 ‑hour workweek to a 66 ‑hour workweek, consistent with a 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and the CalFire firefighters ’ union.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 18, 2026 - These numbers represent about 25  percent and 8  percent, respectively, of their historic annual averages prior to being listed as threatened or endangered under state law. Other fish that migrate through or live in the Delta also are listed as threatened or endangered, including Central Valley steelhead and Delta smelt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Historically, the project received 25  percent of annual GGRF monies, which resulted in varying annual amounts depending on auction revenues. Under S B  840 , the project will receive a set $1  billion annually before allocations are made to most other funding commitments, which makes it much more likely that it will receive this amount each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097