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

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan provides $178  million in multiyear authority —$100  million in 2025-26, $60  million in 2026-27, $12  million in 2027-28, and $6  million in 2028-29 —for the final installment plus a separate $2  million federal reimbursement agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - For example, Chapter  58 requires annual reports with information on active and expired job order contracts, as well as a one-time report on Caltrans ’ and DWR ’s use of progressive design-build authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - Fire Integrated Real Time Intelligence System (FIRIS) CalFire and OES $30  million ongoing GF and 31 positions ($24 million and 11 positions for OES and $6 million and 20 positions for CalFire) to support the FIRIS  system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

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

Mar 2, 2026 - The Governor ’s 2026-27 budget proposes $2.6  million from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund on an ongoing basis and 12 permanent positions to manage the additional workload the water boards are experiencing as a result of the 2023 Sackett decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - 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 - Governor ’s Proposal The Governor proposes $11.2  million in 2026-27, growing to $12  million annually thereafter through 2031-32, from the General Fund to support LCI ’s existing administrative and policy workload and to implement statutorily required activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 24, 2026 - Nearly 30  percent of all ZEV passenger vehicles sold nationwide are in California, while the state is only home to about 12  percent of the U.S. population. Federal Light ‑Duty Incentive Program Expired in Late September 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The budget proposes $2.6  million ongoing from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund, along with 12 positions, to mitigate impacts stemming from a U.S. Supreme Court decision. That decision ( Sackett v. U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - Outdoors for All Package As shown in Figure  6, the budget includes $256  million in 2021 ‑22 for a package aimed at expanding park access. Of this amount, $253  million is provided from the General Fund on a one-time basis in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a decrease of $10  million  (6  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of our post for more information.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/