The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Unlike the Governor ’s initial 2025 ‑26 proposal, in general, the budget does not propose a multiyear spending plan for Proposition  4; the administration indicates that —in response to feedback from the Legislature —it instead will submit programmatic bond funding proposals on a year ‑by ‑year basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 17, 2026 - To achieve budgetary savings, the 2025-26 budget eliminated 4,994 vacant state government positions, reducing annual costs by about $360  million on an ongoing basis. These savings included about $130  million General Fund, with the remainder from special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Dec 9, 2025 - …Continuing to Come in Slightly Below 2025-26 Budget Act Assumptions. At the time the Legislature enacted the 2025-26 Budget Act , the Department of Finance (DOF) projected annual GGRF revenues of $3.5  billion for 2025-26, or roughly $870  million per quarter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Mar 2, 2026 - The administration had proposed to phase in an additional 12 positions (and $2.1  million) starting in 2025-26. The final budget agreement instead approved only the 26 positions beginning in 2024-25, and the Legislature indicated it desired more information about how specifically the water boards ’ workload would change before approving such a large number of ongoing positions and resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides $178  million in multiyear authority —$100  million in 2025-26, $60  million in 2026-27, $12  million in 2027-28, and $6  million in 2028-29 —for the final installment plus a separate $2  million federal reimbursement agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Other notable features of CDFA ’s 2025-26 budget include: Augmentations From Climate Bond. The spending plan includes $169  million for CDFA from Proposition  4, which we discuss in more detail in a separate budget and policy post — The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Both the new and existing positions working on Proposition  4 programs will be paid for using a portion of the bond funds approved in 2025-26. (As of this writing, the administration was still developing department-specific position and funding totals associated with administering Proposition  4 in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Feb 10, 2026 - This  is related to actions taken through Budget Control Section 4.12 in the 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 budget agreements, which we summarize in our webpost, The 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Other Provisions . However, the Legislature has not concurred with some of these position eliminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - The Legislature approved LCI ’s request to establish its own IT unit in 2023 with some ongoing support ($5.2  million and 15 positions) and some limited-term funding ($3.7  million through 2025-26). The 2026-27 proposal requests the continuation of the limited-term funding to maintain cyberinfrastructure and support workload growth, as well as an additional $2.6  million to bring
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4 [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5076