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

Mar 18, 2026 - These numbers represent about 25  percent and 8  percent, respectively, of their historic annual averages prior to being listed as threatened or endangered under state law. Other fish that migrate through or live in the Delta also are listed as threatened or endangered, including Central Valley steelhead and Delta smelt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Whether making all WQCPs exempt from CEQA is the best way to get the Bay-Delta Plan revised and adopted —without risk of CEQA-related lawsuits holding it up —is not clear. Other WQCPs, including regional WQCPs, presumably are less likely to face the prolonged delays that have plagued the Bay-Delta Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - Should it fund the workweek change, the Legislature could use it as an opportunity to hold CalFire more accountable for achieving demonstrable wildfire resilience co ‑benefits by requiring more detailed reporting on (1)  how CalFire  firefighters spend their time, including the amount of time spent on wildfire resilience activities, and (2)  the number of acres treated by CalFire firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Feb 24, 2026 - 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 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - In  contrast, holding off on making spending commitments until it has more information about the budget situation it faces in each given fiscal year would preserve more flexibility for the Legislature to target available discretionary GGRF funds to its pressing and emerging priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $8  million on an ongoing basis from the Certification and Compliance Fund (CCF) to support CARB ’s mobile source laboratory in Riverside, which helps ensure that manufacturers meet the state ’s emissions standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Dec 9, 2025 - However, the Legislature can be proactive about monitoring these programs to ensure that they are achieving legislative goals in a cost ‑effective manner, such as through requesting information, reviewing outcomes, holding oversight hearings, and/or adjusting them as warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The  budget proposes $8.2  million in 2026 ‑27 and $8  million in 2027 ‑28 and ongoing from the General Fund, along with one position, to support CDFW ’s existing nutria eradication program. An invasive species that have been spreading in California since being detected in 2017, nutria carry pathogens and parasites that pose risks to human and animal health, damage flood
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - CAD/AVL programs CalFire $42 million ($24 million GF and $18 million SETNA) in 2022 ‑23, $31 million ($23 million GF and $8 million SETNA) ongoing, and 43 positions to expand and support AVL and CAD systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633