The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget appropriates $6  million General Fund in 2025-26 to restore Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, both of which were damaged by the Palisades Fire in January 2025. In addition, the budget includes $23.3  million ($3.6  million General Fund) for capital outlay projects at Parks including $9  million for the California Indian Heritage Center, $4.8  million for R.H.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Feb 24, 2026 - The program is supported by state and federal funds and receives around $540   million annually —meaning this proposal would result in a reduction of about 9   percent each year. Overall, these reductions would result in fewer state and local transportation projects being funded each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context December 9, 2025 Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context November 2025 Auction Generated $844  Million in State Revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

May 19, 2025 - Additionally, by making the limit on offset usage up to 6  percent rather than a fixed 6  percent, the language also would allow CARB some additional flexibility —beyond what is in current law —to set the offset limit lower than the designated level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Senate Bill 840 states that the Legislature intends to direct specific percentages of future GGRF to new individual Funds dedicated to supporting (1)  clean transportation, (2)  housing and community investment, (3)  clean air and water, (4)  wildfire prevention and resilience, (5)  agriculture, (6)  clean energy, and (7)  climate ‑focused innovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - (This responds to a court ruling that DWR exceeded its authority in seeking to issue revenue bonds for a broader “Delta Program, ” which the court ruled was more than a modification of the SWP) (Section 6) .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

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

Feb 24, 2025 - This is an increase of 118 positions —or 6   percent —from  2024 ‑25. As we discuss later in this brief, the 2024 ‑25 budget agreement assumed ongoing General Fund state operations savings of up to 7.95  percent across the budget beginning in the current year, as well as additional savings from permanently eliminating vacant positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - As shown in Figure  6, the 2024 ‑25 spending plan makes a number of changes to these prior and planned appropriations to help solve the state ’s budget problem, including $1.4  billion in new reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951