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

Feb 24, 2026 - In large part due to this cost differential, currently only a small share —less than 2   percent —of aviation fuel used in the United States is SAF. SAF Production Occurs Alongside Other Renewable Fuels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 24, 2026 - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently adopted a regulation, Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II), which required manufacturers to sell a growing share of their vehicles as ZEVs in alignment with state goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - As illustrated in the figure, the share of remaining funding the Governor proposes appropriating in 2026 ‑27 varies across each of the individual bond categories. For example, the proposal includes 71  percent of the total remaining amount for extreme heat mitigation and a comparatively much lower 12  percent of the total remaining amount for coastal resilience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI reports that it currently is supporting some of its administrative staff functions using a share of the funding it received for limited-term activities and grants. However, while previous General Fund appropriations provided some flexibility to use funding to help cover officewide administrative costs, more recent rounds such as Proposition  4 bond funding came with additional limitations and made this practice more difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Dec 9, 2025 - If, for example, CARB allocates a relatively smaller share of allowances to utilities (and a larger share to GGRF and/or industry), utility customers would receive smaller rebates —and therefore experience higher costs —than would otherwise be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, SWRCB reports that out of all dredge/fill permit applications received, the share of state-only permit applications increased from about 5  percent before Sackett to about 20  percent after that decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

May 19, 2025 - HSRA Has Indicated Need to Securitize GGRF Revenues but Has Not Shared Plan for How to Do So. To address its near-term funding need, HSRA likely would need to borrow against future cap-and-trade revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Estimated implementation costs for habitat projects and water purchases total about $3  billion and would be shared by the state (paying about half), water users, the federal government, and the CVP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - Such higher costs would be particularly burdensome for lower ‑income households, as they tend to spend a relatively high share of their incomes on transportation fuels compared to wealthier households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - Funding reflects state ’s share of cost required by federal government to proceed with projects. d Project led by the state, but spending could be eligible for a credit toward the state share of cost on a future USACE project. e The Kopta Slough project likely will receive $10 million in federal funds from the Bureau of Reclamation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856