The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - Despite these potential benefits, the Legislature will need to weigh the trade ‑offs associated with adding new spending for these Central Valley systemwide projects against its other budget commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

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 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - In addition, some key provisions apply to all programs and projects: At least 40  percent of total funds must go to projects that benefit vulnerable populations or disadvantaged communities and at least 10  percent of total funds must go to projects that benefit severely disadvantaged  communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

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 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - This approach would have the advantage of placing the commission and Legislature in a better position to assess the level of ongoing workload, as they would ha ve the benefit of more details on the approach to the credit that CPUC ultimately decides to undertake.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Additionally, in the early 2020s when the state was benefiting from a large General Fund surplus, the budget allocated sub stantial limited-term funding for LCI and SGC to administer several climate-related grant programs, including some related to extreme heat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package excludes the first $20,000 of military retirement benefits, including retirement pay and survivor benefits, from state income taxation starting in tax year 2025. This exclusion is limited to individual taxpayers with less than $125,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) or joint taxpayers with less than $250,000 in AGI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For  example, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) would use $1.1  million in 2025 ‑26 to update program guidelines and prepare a new solicitation for multi ‑benefit urban stormwater projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958