Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - The effects of repeated or prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke still are not widely understood. (As  we discuss in the box on the next page, relatively little research on the health effects of prescribed fire has been conducted, but existing research suggests it likely has substantially fewer negative impacts than  wildfires.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - The amounts from GGRF are intended to bring total GGRF spending on forest health and prescribed fire activities to $200  million annually, consistent with requirements in Chapter  626 of 2018 (SB  901, Dodd).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - All grantees are implementing some demonstration projects —mainly for vegetation management, forest restoration, and prescribed burns —to test newer techniques and methods that could potentially be scaled up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

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

Mar 2, 2026 - That is, activities regulated under either federal or state authorities still would have to comply with the water quality standards in state and regional water quality control plans, just as they do now.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 24, 2026 - State Still Has Various Existing Programs to Encourage ZEV Adoption. Despite the loss of federal funds, the state still supports various programs to subsidize the purchase of ZEVs. For example, in recent years, the state has supported the Driving Clean Assistance and regional Clean Cars 4 All (CC4All) programs through periodic budget appropriations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - Timing for Future Allocations of Funding Still to Be Determined. The Governor ’s Proposition  4 proposal had presented a multiyear spending approach that included both 2025-26 appropriations and planned amounts for future years through 2039-40.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Mar 19, 2024 - In principle, when not fighting fires, these personnel should be available to perform other priority activities, such as thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns to improve the resilience of the state ’s forests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Take Steps to Address the Budget Condition Evaluate whether recent augmentations and agreements still represent the state ’s highest priorities. Begin the process of identifying potential additional budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - For example, in the case of recently enacted legislation, departments likely had not yet had time to hire staff and still were in the initial process of filling the newly established positions when the Department of Finance determined that the positions would instead be eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Additionally, CARB still is considering linking California’s cap‑and‑invest program with the program in Washington state. Such a linkage could affect allowance prices in both states as they come into alignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114