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

May 19, 2025 - Maintains One-Time Motor Vehicle Account (MVA) Fund Shift Proposal From January. The proposal continues to provide $81  million from GGRF to support CARB activities typically funded by MVA on a one-time basis in 2025-26 to help backfill for a shortfall in that account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Phases in Funding to Account for Administrative Capacity. Based on our initial review, in many cases the Governor proposes to distribute funding across years in a manner that accounts for differing levels of departmental or grantee capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - Consider Adding Accountability Measures. We recommend the Legislature consider adding accountability measures as a way to conduct oversight of programmatic expansions and to ensure that funding is helping DPR meet its core objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - This option would provide the Legislature with the flexibility to sustain its long ‑term commitment to the goals of addressing firefighter health and wellness, but also account for the state ’s current fiscal realities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Because the California Constitution does not require the state to reimburse local governments for costs to comply with federal law, disagreements have arisen over the years about whether all of the requirements in a given water quality permit are specifically required by federal law or whether they impose ad ditional requirements from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards [Publication Details]

May 30, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Requires airport shuttle operators to begin adding zero ‑emission shuttles to their fleets in 2027 and to fully transition to ZEVs  by  2036. Federal Waivers Required for Many of CARB ’s Regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans [Publication Details]

May 27, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision [Publication Details]

May 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5049