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

May 17, 2021 - Budget Structure This section and figure  6 describe the allocation of the $38  billion General Fund surplus, which excludes spending on schools and community colleges. The Governor allocates: $25  billion to one-time or temporary spending, including nearly $15  billion for capital outlay; $7  billion to revenue-related reductions; $3.4  billion to the Special
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Oct 18, 2021 - Figure 6 a Fund source is General Fund, unless otherwise noted. b Environmental License Plate Fund. Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation and SCC = State Coastal Conservancy. Zero-Emission Vehicle Package As shown in Figure  7, the 2021 ‑22 budget plan provides $2.7   billion —and $3.9  billion over three years —for programs intended to promote zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and other low-emission transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - SWRCB approved regulations in November 2022 that require suppliers to meet the standards starting in 2028, with subsequent assessments every three years. 2016 Executive Order B ‑37 ‑16 (May 16) Established goal of “Making Conservation a California Way of Life. ” Directed the administration to develop water use targets as part of a permanent long ‑term conservation framework. 2018 Chapter 14 (SB
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1 , the Governor proposes appropriating $2.1  billion (about 21  percent of the total authorized by Proposition  4) in 2026 ‑27, including $792  million for water ‑related programs and $326  million for clean energy programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Mar 19, 2026 - Funding proposed for the judicial streamlining program pursuant to Chapter  19 of 2021 (SB  7, Atkins) and Chapter  60 of 2023 (SB  149, Caballero) is at similar levels to what was provided in previous years, and would allow LCI to continue implementing the legislation ’s requirements through its sunset year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - However, the 2020 ‑21 budget allocated more than $7  billion in state and federal funds to address COVID-19-related costs and mitigate learning loss. Recent federal legislation —approved shortly before the release of the Governor ’s budget —is likely to provide a similar amount of one-time funding in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Oct 16, 2023 - As shown in Figure  6, after these reductions, the budget retains a total of $2.8  billion for wildfire and forest resilience —$2.1  billion in prior years, as well as $669  million in 2023 ‑24. Figure 6 Revised Wildfire and Forest Resilience Package General Fund, Unless Otherwise Noted (In Millions) Program 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22 2022
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

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

Sep 12, 2024 - As shown in Figure  6, the 2024 ‑25 spending plan makes a number of changes to these prior and planned appropriations to help solve the state ’s budget problem, including $1.4  billion in new reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Oct 16, 2025 - These include $368 million for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, $100 million to address local air pollutants in disadvantaged communities pursuant to Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, Garcia), a total of $65 million for two ZEV-related programs, and $7 million for livestock methane reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080