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

Feb 24, 2026 - Most recently, the federal Inflation Reduction Act included a tax credit of up to $7,500 per vehicle for the purchase of new light ‑duty ZEVs and up to $4,000 per vehicle for the purchase of used light ‑duty ZEVs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI states that absent the cybersecurity funding, it will be vulnerable to security incidents, face interruptions in e-mail and document storage services, and risk noncompliance with various cybersecurity requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

May 1, 2023 - Specifically, the administration is only required to notify the Legislature prior to making augmentations to the E ‑Fund — not prior to committing to expenditures. Since the E ‑Fund typically is budgeted in the hundreds of millions of dollars, in practice, this allows the administration the ability to commit to very significant new expenditures without up ‑front notification to or approval from the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - SWRCB estimates an individual state-only dredge/fill permit requires up to 140 more staff hours than a dredge/fill certification. The water boards also have had to take on certain responsibilities formerly conducted by federal agencies, such as verifying delineations (identification and mapping) for waters that are no longer under federal jurisdiction and conducting certain e nforcement-related inspections and complaint response.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Several historically reliable signs suggest the market is overheated and at a high risk of reversing course in the next year or so. With a heightened possibility of a market downturn —and resulting drop in income tax revenues —adopting the administration ’s revenue assumption would put the state on precarious footing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Program SWRCB 5 percent of annual revenues (up to $130 million). Sunsets on June 30, 2030. $130 million annually. Then fourth, remaining funding is subject to legislative appropriation for discretionary purposes. a Chapter 121 of 2025 (SB 840, Lim ón). b No sunset date unless otherwise noted. c Senate Bill 840 requires the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - The frequency of use of the bonus incentive, the volume of water associated with the bonus incentive, value to urban water suppliers of the bonus incentive, and any implications of the use of the bonus incentive on water use efficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Statute further requires that the multimedia evaluation be approved by the California Environmental Policy Council, which is an entity composed of the heads of seven state e nvironmental protection ‑related agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - In either case, as a result of the interchangeability of the production processes for these two fuels, without significant additional investments in overall production capacity for renewables or innovation in the production process, an increase in SAF production likely would result in a roughly e quivalent decrease in RD production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - (The Governor also proposes providing $85 million from the Air Pollution Control Fund—similarly freed up from undoing the previously‑approved MVA fund transfer—to support this new ZEV program, for a total of $200 million.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114