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 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - There also are a number of other refiners in the United States that currently produce RD and could, with the purchase of some ad ditional equipment, be converted to produce SAF in addition to, or instead of, RD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Over the next two years, VA parties renamed the program “Healthy Rivers and Landscapes” and released additional materials and details, including plans for governance, science, flow accounting, non‑flow measure accounting, and funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - As its staffing numbers and statutory responsibilities have grown, the office has also expanded its fiscal services unit to formalize its operati ons and ensure compliance with standard government operating procedures such as those related to contracts and accounting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Maintains One-Time Motor Vehicle Account (MVA) Fund Shift Proposal From January. The proposal continues to provide $81  million from GGRF to support CARB activities typically funded by MVA on a one-time basis in 2025-26 to help backfill for a shortfall in that account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

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

Dec 9, 2025 - For example, the new Climate Bureau could serve as a helpful resource to the Legislature, adding valuable capacity to conduct program reviews and evaluations that are independent of the Executive Branch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - We have not identified any proposed actions or appropriations that conflict with bond requirements, and the timing of the funding allocations generally seems to account for and align with what we know about department capacity and local demand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Oct 16, 2025 - Additionally, in order to help the Motor Vehicle Account remain solvent in 2025-26, the budget includes $81  million to pay for costs that otherwise would have to be paid by that account. (Please see our post, The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation, for more discussion of issues related to the Motor Vehicle Account.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Feb 17, 2026 - As such, reducing positions and expenditures could mean that funds —at least in the near term —end up sitting unused in account balances rather than supporting the activities that fee-payers have paid the state to undertake.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Phases in Funding to Account for Administrative Capacity. Based on our initial review, in many cases the Governor proposes to distribute funding across years in a manner that accounts for differing levels of departmental or grantee capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958