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

Mar 19, 2026 - Through its approval of budget requests in 2023-24, the Legislature essentially signed off on this change in approach. As such, providing the necessary resources to comply with applicable human resources laws and practices would be consistent and appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - (That package includes an additional $170  million across 2022 ‑24 and 2023 ‑24 for flood management projects). Additionally, as shown in the figure and noted in our “Other Provisions ” spending plan post, the budget package includes $237  million from the General Fund for deferred maintenance projects on levees in the Central Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Specifically, the budget reduces General Fund support for: Stewardship of state-owned lands ($25  million —$10  million in 2022 ‑23 and $15  million in 2023 ‑24). Climate Catalyst Fund Program ($16  million in 2020 ‑21).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - After accounting for these modifications —along with those made in 2023 ‑24 —the budget retains $2.6  billion for these activities across an eight-year period (from 2020 ‑21 through 2027 ‑28), which is 93  percent of the multiyear amount originally planned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, light ‑duty vehicles represent about 28  percent of statewide GHG emissions and 7  percent of statewide NOx emissions. To help the state meet its climate goals and air quality requirements, the Governor signed an Executive Order in 2020 establishing various ZEV goals, including that 100 percent of in‑state sales of new passenger cars and trucks be zero emission by 2035.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal Summary In this brief, we analyze the Governor ’s 2023 ‑24 budget proposal to provide funding from various special funds for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to develop and implement a zero waste plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $4 million in 2020 ‑21, increasing to $8 million and 24 positions thereafter to implement FireSIM and FireCAST wildfire forecasting technologies. CalFire, OES, CMD, and   CPUC —Wildfire  Threat Assessment
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - Senate Bill  846 also included legislative intent to provide a total of $1  billion General Fund from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26 —$100  million in 2023 ‑24, $400  million in 2024 ‑25, and $500  million in 2025 ‑ 26 —to support the CERIP, which CEC recently developed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Put another way, $12  billion  of spending in the May Revision is attributable to reserve withdrawals and borrowing from 2020 (see Figure  7). Figure 7 Governor Still Uses Budget Solutions Despite Historic Revenue Growth Budget Solutions From 2020 Maintained in 2021 May Revision (In Billions) Reserve Withdrawals Make Budget Stabilization Account withdrawal $7.8 Make Safety Net Reserve withdrawal 0.5
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2023-24 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of CalFire’s Emergency Fire Protection Budget

May 1, 2023 - Administration Has Used Emergency Fund to Hire Additional Planned Firefighting Staff In July 2020, the Governor announced a plan to spend $73 million to hire 858 additional firefighters and support six California Conservation Corps crews through October 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4765