The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - Programs Promoting Technological Advances Could Help Achieve Long ‑Term Emission Reductions. Some programs aim to help advance ZEV technologies, which could help achieve long ‑run GHG and air pollution reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - This uncertainty makes it difficult for the state to accurately estimate —and budget in advance for —the level of expenditures that will be required for effective wildfire protection during the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Under different fiscal conditions, these activities might merit consideration because they advance various policy objectives, such as expanding public access to state parks or reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - According to the administration, the goal of the program is to help support the advancement of promising technologies from the demonstration phases to commercial deployment in the next five to ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

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

Feb 24, 2026 - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) subsequently adopted a regulation, Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II), which required manufacturers to sell a growing share of their vehicles as ZEVs in alignment with state goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

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

May 17, 2021 - CDPH = California Department of Public Health; COVID ‑19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; HHS = Health and Human Services; GARE = Government Alliance on Race and Equity; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; CalAIM = California Advancing and Innovating Medi ‑Cal; ICF ‑DDs = Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2

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

Feb 18, 2025 - However, given General Fund constraints and the uncertain budget context, we recommend that the Legislature weigh additional spending on advancing farm to school efforts against its other spending priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In March  2022, they came forward with an initial Memorandum of Understanding detailing terms to advance a VA for the Sacramento/Delta. Over the next two years, VA parties renamed the program “Healthy Rivers and Landscapes” and released additional materials and details, including plans for governance, science, flow accounting, non‑flow measure accounting, and funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Specifica lly, the Advanced Clean Fleets rule proposes that all new trucks and buses sold be ZEV by 2036 or 2040 (CARB has not yet decided which year). CARB plans to vote on the final proposed regulation in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660