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

Feb 24, 2026 - State Has Made Significant Progress Encouraging Light ‑Duty ZEV Adoption. The state has made notable progress in pursuing its ZEV adoption goals in recent years, with the share of new passenger vehicles sold in California that are ZEVs climbing from 8  percent in 2020 to over 20  percent in 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - As mentioned earlier, the state has not yet been able to make significant progress towards meeting the current statutory AB 341 goal. Overall, we find that planning for a more ambitious goal is premature when (1) the state has made minimal progress towards the current goal and (2) a new goal has not been established in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - For a more robust assessment of progress, particularly for new programs, the Legislature also could require independent evaluations of outcom es to identify which activities are more effective in advancing climate objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - Specifically, it authorizes DWR and Caltrans to use the progressive design-build procurement process for the construction of up to eight large public works projects per department. Under the progressive design-build procurement process, a single entity typically designs and constructs a project, and the construction price is determined through negotiation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Yet while the state continues its efforts to make progress on these objectives, it does so within the context of significant budget challenges that will force it to gra
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - Nevertheless, reductions are expected to progress and evaporation consistently outpaces inflows, meaning the Sea will continue to  contract. 2002 SWRCB Order Delayed Impacts of Water Transfers Until 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Making near ‑term progress on updating the plan is a critical step in beginning to reverse these trends. Board Likely to Adopt VAs, Which Theoretically Could Balance Multiple Competing Goals … Although it has not formally adopted updates to the Bay ‑Delta Plan, SWRCB has signaled its intent to move forward with the VA approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2022-23 Budget: State Water Resources Control Board—Bay-Delta Plan Update

Jan 31, 2022 - Would Additional Resources Help Expedite Progress? Would supplemental funding for staff and/or consulting contracts help achieve plan milestones more quickly? What Interim Steps Can Be Taken to Improve Outcomes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4506

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package

Jan 26, 2022 - In most cases, implementing departments have made significant progress in committing early action funds to projects. Specifically, as of December 2021, only $68  million of the $536  million provided (13  percent) was uncommitted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4495

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - The Legislature can use oversight hearings to provide a venue to follow up on areas of concern identified by the Climate Bureau or CARB ’s reporting, gather key information, monitor the state ’s progress towards meeting legislative goals, identify lessons learned, and determine whether additional legislative intervention might be merited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097