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

Feb 10, 2026 - The amounts planned in the 2024‑25 GGRF package that are no longer included in the administration’s multiyear spending plan (or in SB 840 intent language) include a total of $710 million that would have supported local transit agencies across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Mar 2, 2026 - California has many wetlands and other ephemeral or seasonal waters that previously were considered WOTUS but now no longer meet the federal definition because they lack a continuous surface connect ion or are not relatively permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - First, in April 2021, the Legislature passed a $ 536 m illion “early action ” wildfire resilience package that added $ 2 m illion on a one ‑time basis to CalFire ’s 2020 ‑21 General Fund budget for additional defensible space inspectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

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

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, providing less funding for land use policy staff might mean the office tak es longer to respond to CEQA-related requests for technical assistance. If it needs to provide less funding, the Legislature could also consider revisiting LCI ’s statutory requirements, time lines, and associated resource needs —for example, by reducing expectations around how the office should implement the CalHeatScore extreme heat ranking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - However, doing so likely would require a much larger and/or longer ‑term investment than what the Governor is proposing (or what the state realistically could provide, given its budget limitations). Proposal Could Result in Program Duplication.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

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 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 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - Develop Longer ‑Term Approach for Funding Recurring Flood Management Activities. Given the state ’s role in flood management, the significant public safety and economic risks associated with floods, and the state ’s liability for Central Valley flood facilities that are part of the SPFC, we recommend the Legislature develop a longer ‑term approach for how to fund recurring flood ‑related state costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Potential advantages of adopting a multiyear spending plan include: Supports implementation of a more coordinated, longer ‑term strategy. Achieving climate goals requires thinking beyond a single budget cycle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958