The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - The bond measure includes a number of requirements to guide how funds are administered and overseen by about 30 different state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, conservancies, and offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Dec 9, 2025 - In making these decisions, the Legislature will face choices about how much funding to allocate to any new individual category ‑specific Funds it intends to create, as well as how to most effectively use the envisioned Fund ‑specific, multiyear spending plans to guide that funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - Given the high stakes involved, it will be important for the Legislature to consider whether it is comfortable with deferring decisions on the structure of the credi ts to CPUC, as is envisioned in this proposal, or whether it would like to provide CPUC with further statutory direction to guide its approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Dec 9, 2025 - Starting in 2026-27, Allocation of Revenues Will Be Guided by New Legislation. Senate Bill 840 made various modifications to the allocation of GGRF revenues starting in 2026-27, such as (1)  changing some allocations from being set percentages of GGRF revenues to fixed dollar amounts and (2)  changing the order in which certain allocations are made.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

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

Feb 10, 2026 - It could also include memorializing in statute the Legislature’s preferred guiding principles for which types of activities the administration should include as GGRF state operations proposals going forward, as those activities would receive first priority for funding and thus can crowd out other GGRF‑funded programs and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2023-24 Budget: Crafting Climate, Resources, and Environmental Budget Solutions

Feb 22, 2023 - We recommend the Legislature develop its own package of budget solutions based on its priorities and guiding principles. Figure 4 highlights some of the criteria we suggest the Legislature use to guide its decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4692

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The last comprehensive update occurred in 1995 and largely guides management today. (The 1995  update concerned the entire Bay ‑Delta watershed and included substantive changes to water quality objectives for fish and wildlife beneficial uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - The Legislature could make its approval of additional resources contingen t on the administration preparing the required assessment to help guide decision ‑making. CCC and CMD Fire Crew Proposals. We  also recommend withholding action on the CCC and CMD fire crew proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - State Natural Resources Agency Serves as lead agency overseeing and guiding state ’s Salton Sea activities. Coordinates and negotiates with other local, state, and federal agencies. Department of Water Resources Implements most of the state ’s restoration projects at the Sea, including engineering and design, contracting, construction, and operations and maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - Monitoring the degree to which the department is meeting these objectives —such as improving the registration and reevaluation of pesticides —also would inform the Legislature on the successes and challenges of implementing the augmentations and, in turn, guide potential future programmatic modifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873