The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - …However, Multiple Additional Stormwater-Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission. Each test claim submitted to CSM is different and has to be considered individually. However, if CSM was to determine that each of the currently pending stormwater-related test claims constituted state-reimbursable mandates for costs incurred before 2018, the state could face greater costs to reimburse local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Multiple Additional Stormwater ‑Related Test Claims Pending at the Commission. While not directly linked to this mandate, the commission has 37 pending test claims related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

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

Feb 24, 2026 - According to the administration, the incentives would be provided on a first ‑come, first ‑serve basis and would not be restricted based on household income. The program is proposed to include various limitations, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Legislature Appropriated $3.5   Billion in Bond Funding for First Year of Implementation. The 2025 ‑26 budget package authorized the state to spend $3.5  billion, or slightly more than one ‑third, of the $10  billion total.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Most notably, because including state operations expenditures as part of Tier 1 means they receive first priority for available GGRF, adding new activities to this category can have the effect of gradually “crowding out ” other GGRF ‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Mar 18, 2026 - When water is scarce, such as during droughts, California ’s “first in time, first in right ” system gives priority to water users with the most senior (oldest) water rights. SWRCB administers the water rights system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To address these concerns, the Legislature could, for example, modify the proposal to first offer in-person instruction to all high-needs students a month before bringing back all younger students. This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - This was the first auction since the passage of Chapter  117 of 2025 (AB  1207, Irwin) and Chapter  121 of 2025 (SB  840, Lim ón), which extended and made various changes to the program. According to the information provided by CARB, the state expects to receive $844  million in revenue from the auction, which will be deposited into the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Upon receiving such an alert, local first responders —such as police or fire departments —respond to the incident. Many smaller disaster incidents —such as small fires —are handled solely at the local level by these first responders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952