The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - As noted earlier in Figure  10, the budget includes $8  million in 2022-23 and $10  million ongoing from the General Fund to support ten hand crews (four new year-round crews and conversion of six seasonal crews to year-round), as well as an additional 18 staff positions and 13 full-time equivalent corpsmember positions to support these crews.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

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

Oct 16, 2025 - This program supports coordinators in 47 of 58 counties who work with local organizations and residents to improve community wildfire preparedness through education, events, and grant funding. Home Hardening Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - The state previously provided a combined $58  million for this project in 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20. Long Beach Tidelands Oil Revenues. Budget trailer legislation includes language governing revenues generated from oil and gas production in the tidelands off the coast of Long Beach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Among the 4,994 positions eliminated in the 2025-26 budget agreement, less than 10  percent (378) fell within the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) departments, the California Department of Food and Agricultural (CDFA), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - For example, MVA transferred around $90  million per year to the General Fund from 2009 ‑10 through 2018 ‑19. Additionally, special funds can help ease General Fund pressures by absorbing certain expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - For example, Chapter  58 requires annual reports with information on active and expired job order contracts, as well as a one-time report on Caltrans ’ and DWR ’s use of progressive design-build authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 18, 2026 - VA Parties Submitted an Alternative Proposal in 2022. Water users missed the 2019 deadline to submit a VA proposal to SWRCB. In March  2022, they came forward with an initial Memorandum of Understanding detailing terms to advance a VA for the Sacramento/Delta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Background Proposition   4 Authorizes $10   Billion in General Obligation Bonds for Climate ‑Related Activities. Proposition  4 authorizes the state to sell a total of $10  billion in general obligation bonds primarily for climate ‑resilience purposes, including related to water, wildfire, and energy, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the required deposits in those years increase to nearly $6.7  billion and the state makes an additional $3.1  billion deposit in 2022 ‑23. By 2022 ‑23, the cumulative balance would be more than $9.7   billion —nearly 10  percent of the total Proposition  98 funding allocated to schools and community colleges that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492