The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - The 2025 ‑26 budget package authorized the state to spend $3.5  billion, or slightly more than one ‑third, of the $10  billion total. This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - As of October 10, 2025, the Department of Finance reported a cumulative total of $533.8  million (across 2024-25 and 2025-26) allocated through the control sections. (See text box titled, “Special Session Had Notable Budgetary Implications, ” in The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan for more information.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The project received $10  million from the General Fund in 2023-24 to begin planning and was set to receive $230  million in total from GGRF across three years beginning in 2025-26 for later phases of the project, including construction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Dec 9, 2025 - …Continuing to Come in Slightly Below 2025-26 Budget Act Assumptions. At the time the Legislature enacted the 2025-26 Budget Act , the Department of Finance (DOF) projected annual GGRF revenues of $3.5  billion for 2025-26, or roughly $870  million per quarter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Mar 2, 2026 - The administration had proposed to phase in an additional 12 positions (and $2.1  million) starting in 2025-26. The final budget agreement instead approved only the 26 positions beginning in 2024-25, and the Legislature indicated it desired more information about how specifically the water boards ’ workload would change before approving such a large number of ongoing positions and resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Both the new and existing positions working on Proposition  4 programs will be paid for using a portion of the bond funds approved in 2025-26. (As of this writing, the administration was still developing department-specific position and funding totals associated with administering Proposition  4 in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Additionally, our office and DOF project out ‑year deficits of over $10  billion annually over the next few years. To the extent the state ’s budget condition weakens in the coming months, the Legislature could consider modifying its GGRF spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

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

Feb 10, 2026 - This  is related to actions taken through Budget Control Section 4.12 in the 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 budget agreements, which we summarize in our webpost, The 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Other Provisions . However, the Legislature has not concurred with some of these position eliminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Sep 12, 2024 - Specifically, it: (1)  shifts the fund source for the $150  million from General Fund to GGRF; (2)  delays $110  million of that intended funding to instead plan to provide $10  million in 2025 ‑26 and $50  million in both 2026 ‑27 and 2027 ‑28; and (3)  allocates $40  million in 2024 ‑25 to SCC to support acquisition of Wild Cherry Canyon, a 2,400 acre property near DCPP owned by Eureka Energy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928