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

Oct 16, 2025 - This program supports coordinators in 47 of 58 counties who work with local organizations and residents to improve community wildfire preparedness through education, events, and grant funding. Home Hardening Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Oct 10, 2022 - Enhancing and expanding fire crews: Task Force Rattlesnake CMD $40  million GF in 2022 ‑23 and $41  million GF annually thereafter and 15  State Active Duty positions to convert 13  seasonal CMD hand crews to 14 year ‑round hand  crews.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - A key strategy for reducing home losses during wildfires is for homeowners to maintain an area free of excess or dead vegetation around their homes, known as defensible space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation

Jan 25, 2022 - The proposed amount reflects a decrease of $ 355  m illion, or   41  p ercent, compared to projected current ‑year expenditures. The  year ‑to ‑year change largely reflects some one ‑time funds the department received in 2021 ‑22  that are not sustained at the same levels in the 2022 ‑23  proposal, including the $300  million to address brownfields as well as funding related to the Exide  facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4497

The 2024-25 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 14, 2024 - Estimates of the magnitude of this shortfall differ based on how “baseline” spending is defined—the administration estimates a $38 billion problem whereas in January our office estimated that the Governor’s budget addresses a $58 billion problem—as well as somewhat different revenue projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4841

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Estimates of the magnitude of the General Fund deficit in 2024 ‑25 differ based on how “baseline ” spending is defined —the administration estimates a $38  billion deficit whereas, in January, our office estimated that the Governor ’s budget addresses a $58  billion deficit —as well as somewhat different revenue projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

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

Oct 18, 2021 - The state previously provided a combined $58  million for this project in 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20. Long Beach Tidelands Oil Revenues. Budget trailer legislation includes language governing revenues generated from oil and gas production in the tidelands off the coast of Long Beach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - . $41  million and 15  State Active Duty positions ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23 to convert 13  seasonal CMD hand crews to 14 year ‑round hand  crews. CalFire —Direct Mission Support. $38 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and $36 million and 190 positions ongoing thereafter to provide additional administrative and program support throughout various CalFire divisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575