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

Oct 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3 below, the budget package authorizes the state to spend $3.5  billion, or slightly more than one third, of the $10  billion climate bond approved by voters through the November 2024 ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

May 19, 2025 - Based on recent information we have reviewed from HSRA, we estimate this funding gap has grown to roughly $10 billion (assuming the project retains its federal funding and $1 billion annually from GGRF through 2030).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Background Proposition   4 Authorizes $10   Billion in General Obligation Bonds for Climate ‑Related Activities. Proposition  4 authorizes the state to sell a total of $10  billion in general obligation bonds primarily for climate ‑resilience purposes, including related to water, wildfire, and energy, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan [Publication Details] Description: This publication assesses the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 spending plan for Proposition 4, the $10 billion climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5115

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

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget approves $6  million from the General Fund in 2023 ‑24, plus additional funding in subsequent years rising to $17  million in 2027 ‑28, to support various aviation program contracts, including for parts and logistics, as well as pilots and mechanics to support fixed-wing aircraft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - Among the 4,994 positions eliminated in the 2025-26 budget agreement, less than 10  percent (378) fell within the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) departments, the California Department of Food and Agricultural (CDFA), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Figure 6 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Resource History (In Millions) 2014 ‑15 Through 2021 ‑22 2022 ‑23
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - Figure 6 Revised Water and Drought Resilience Package (In Millions) 2023 ‑24 Revised Multiyear Totals 2024 ‑25 Drinking Water, Water Supply, Flood $4,025 Aqueduct solar panel pilot study DWR Water refilling stations at schools SWRCB State land and bird habitat projects CDFW Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration $1,191 On ‑farm water use TA CDFA $539 $539 a Annual ongoing appropriation of $16.75 million was reduced to $10 million starting in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928