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

Mar 18, 2026 - Each participant agrees to specific actions or concessions —such as water allocations, habitat restoration, flow contributions, and/or funding —in exchange for regulatory flexibility or other benefits.
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 - If approved by SWRCB, a water agency participating in the VA program would be a llowed to divert more water than it otherwise would under the regulatory pathway in exchange for completing —or helping to fund —habitat restoration projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - Offsets allow covered entities to emit at higher levels than they otherwise would, in exchange for emission reductions elsewhere, often outside of California. Limiting, eliminating, or modifying the use of offsets in the program could encourage greater emission reductions from covered entities within California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Governor signals a commitment to working with the Legislature and other stakeholders on options to improve affordability and access to health care coverage through California ’s health insurance marketplace, known as the California Health Benefit Exchange (Covered California).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492