The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - Successful deterrence is important because it protects public health and the environment by dissuading businesses and individuals from committing violations and persuading violators to take precautions against falling into noncompliance again.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - By holding SWRCB accountable to the Bay ‑Delta Plan ’s objectives and shining a light on the successes, challenges, and unintended consequences of the VA program, the Legislature can help ensure the state achieves its environmental and water management goals for this important watershed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 10, 2026 - (We note that this change would not limit DTSC ’s current efforts to pursue potentially responsible parties for cost recovery —the primary mechanism that would, if successful, help reimburse General Fund loans and special fund expenditures for Exide residential cleanup.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Student Success Coaches. The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 5, 2024 - Monitoring the degree to which the department is meeting these objectives —such as improving the registration and reevaluation of pesticides —also would inform the Legislature on the successes and challenges of implementing the augmentations and, in turn, guide potential future programmatic modifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Survey data suggests the Library Pass Program has had some success at pursuing its goals of increasing access and encouraging more widespread use of state parks. However, given the constrained General Fund condition, we recommend the Legislature consider whether providing funding to continue the broad ‑based Library Pass Program for an additional year is among its highest budget
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - As such, learning from and improving upon past successes and challenges will be important not only for the coming months —and , potentially, years —as the current dry period continues, but also for the inevitable future droughts the state will have to confront.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429

The 2023-24 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 22, 2023 - For example, the Legislature has funded numerous efforts to help protect and rescue fish and wildlife from drought impacts, but does not have information regarding which specific strategies have proven to be most successful for long‑term species protection.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - Successful regional coordination requires the engagement and participation of a wide range of stakeholders, including state and federal agencies, tribes, local governments, conservancies, nonprofits, as well as private landowners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a commitment to provide $300   million ongoing General Fund beginning in 2022 ‑23 for public health “infrastructure ” —the workforce, training, data and information technology systems, partnerships, and other resources needed to successfully carry out core public health functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492