The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Funding to Address Animal Disease Outbreaks. The budget includes $11.1  million ($6.1  million General Fund and $5  million federal funds) and 29 permanent positions in 2025-26, and $10.5  million ($5.5  million General Fund and $5  million federal funds) in 2026-27 and ongoing, to respond to animal disease outbreaks such as avian influenza ( “bird flu ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 24, 2026 - SAF can be made from a variety of plant and animal ‑based feedstocks —such as distillers corn oil (a  byproduct of the production of corn ethanol), used cooking oil, and animal tallow —as well as some alternative processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Manure that has been flushed from animal stalls is fed into the digester and contained for a period of time as anaerobic bacteria decompose the manure to produce several outputs, including biogas (largely methane with some amounts of CO2 and other trace gases), liquid effluent, and dry matter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

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

Feb 10, 2026 - An invasive species that have been spreading in California since being detected in 2017, nutria carry pathogens and parasites that pose risks to human and animal health, damage flood ‑protection levees and water conveyance infrastructure with their burrowing behavior, destroy crops, degrade native vegetation, and contaminate water supplies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - Providing tax refunds to vehicle owners would be less directly linked to fuel consumption, but would provide some related relief given that these individuals likely drive to some degree. Providing rebates to zero ‑emission vehicle owners (as included in the Governor ’s proposal), however, would not have any link to gas price  burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - In 2014, CARB linked the state ’s program with the Canadian province of Quebec ’s smaller carbon market. California ’s carbon market was also linked with Ontario ’s market from 2017 to 2018, before that province ’s cap-and-trade program shuttered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

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

Nov 14, 2022 - Wildfire Smoke Also Linked to Economic and Other Impacts. The most widely studied effects of wildfire smoke have been related to physical health conditions. However, emerging research links wildfire smoke to other negative outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

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

Mar 18, 2026 - However, many of the most significant challenges facing the watershed are directly linked to water use and diversion, including exports from the SWP and CVP. The watershed has been reshaped by a vast network of dams, pumps, levees, reservoirs, and engineered channels to support water storage, water delivery, and flood control.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - While not directly linked to these mandates, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054