The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - The California State Parks Library Pass Program provides free access to state parks through 33,000 passes that can be checked out from public library branches throughout the state. Passes can be checked out by all library card holders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The program provides free access to most state parks through passes that can be checked out from public library branches throughout the state. Park Restoration and Capital Outlay Projects. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - This role provides an important check and balance in the state ’s system of separation of powers, as well as helps to ensure that state funds are being spent efficiently and effectively and in accordance with the priorities of the public (as expressed through and overseen by their elected representatives).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

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

Oct 10, 2022 - Finally, it provides $13.5  million for the State Parks Pass Program, which provides state park passes that can be checked out at libraries. California Cultural and Art Installation in Parks Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - These sunsets create a natural check-in point for Legislature, at which time it can evaluate the outcomes that have resulted from each of the components and decide whether it wants to modify or extend them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

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

Sep 12, 2024 - This program allows library patrons to check out passes that provide free access to certain state parks. Adventure Pass Program. The budget provides $2  million ongoing from Proposition  98 General Fund to the California Department of Education to administer the Adventure Pass Program operated by Parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Feb 9, 2022 - One of these new initiatives was Neighbor‑to‑Neighbor , in which California Volunteers partnered with the Nextdoor social media platform to directly engage people who wanted to check‑in on and offer aid to their neighbors during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Over the last year, most low-income Californians received two federal stimulus checks totaling $1,800 per adult and $1,100 per child. One exception is Californians who use an ITIN to file their taxes, who were not eligible for the federal programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - A key strategy for reducing home losses during wildfires is for homeowners to maintain an area free of excess or dead vegetation around their homes, known as defensible space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457