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

Feb 10, 2026 - The funding and positions would address additional workload related to two active SET events occurring in the state; enhance overall state oversight; and update regulations to stre ngthen monitoring, response, and enforcement for future SET  events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - The funding would support the costs of meetings for the various partners, to produce promotional products, and to hold promotional events. Promotional products would be translated into at least one other languag e.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

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

May 19, 2025 - For example, as we discussed in our recent report, to the extent that affordability is a key priority for the Legislature —particularly in the event that allowance prices and consumer price impacts increase —it could use GGRF to provide rebates to households or offset ratepayer costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Our State Spending Plan posts from 2024 and 2025 provide more information about this effort to realize budgetary savings and the sequence of events. Legislature Was Given More Time to Consider About 1,000 Residual Positions That the Governor Had Proposed to Eliminate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For example, to what degree will people use these centers during extreme heat events, and what features or components might make their use more convenient, widespread, and effective? Evaluation of climate ‑related spending could help the state understand how to target future funds in a cost ‑effective manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958