Overview

• Expenditure Proposals and Trends
• Spending by Major Program
• Major Budget Changes

Crosscutting Issues

• CALFED Bay–Delta Program
• What Has Been Learned From the Delta–Related Planning Efforts and the CALFED Program Reviews?
• Governor’s Budget Proposal
• Issues for Legislative Consideration
• Recommended Approach for Evaluating CALFED Budget Proposals
• Surface Storage Proposals Still Lack Funding Partners
• CALFED Science Proposal Needs More Focus
• CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Proposals Are Premature or Funded Inappropriately
• Implementation of “AB 32”—Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
• Goals and Requirements of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32)
• Existing AB 32 Funding and the Governor’s Budget Proposal
• Administration Fails to Provide Sustainable, Long–Term Funding Plan for AB 32
• Funding Timber Harvest Plan Review and Enforcement
• Background
• LAO Recommendation: Fully Fund THP Review and Enforcement With Fees

Departmental Issues

• California Conservation Corps (3340)
• Budget–Balancing Reduction Can Be Partially Offset with Special Funds
• Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (3360)
• Financial Award Funding Should Be Made Contingent on Guideline Development
• Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (3540)
• Funding Fire Protection with Fees
• Recommend Partial Rejection of Budget–Balancing Reductions
• Governor’s Wildland Firefighting Initiative
• Department of Fish and Game (3600)
• LAO Recommended Fee Proposals Can Partially Offset Budget–Balancing Reductions and Generate Additional Savings
• Wildlife Conservation Board (3640)
• Use Special and Bond Funds Instead of General Fund for HCF
• California Coastal Commission (3720)
• Stable Funding Source Available for Commission’s Permitting Functions
• Department of Parks and Recreation (3790)
• Governor’s Budget–Balancing Proposal Does Not Consider Opportunities to Increase User Fee Revenues
• Governor’s Budget–Balancing Reduction
• Ongoing and Deferred Maintenance at State Parks
• Fee Revenues at State Parks
• LAO Recommendations
• Improving Fire Prevention at State Parks
• Concession Agreements
• Department of Water Resources (3860)
• Broad–Based Flood Management Fee Could Create Substantial General Fund Savings
• Opportunity for General Fund Savings From Colorado River Management Proposal
• Integrated Regional Water Management Program— Guidelines and Policy Direction Needed Prior to Awards
• Recommend Hearings on State’s Water Supply
• Air Resources Board (3900)
• Additional Funding for Hydrogen Highway Unwarranted
• State Water Resources Control Board (3940)
• Recommend Full Application of “Polluter Pays” Funding Principle
• Information Technology Update: Progress Made, but Problems Persist
• Legislative and State Board Controls Needed for Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)
• Electricity Oversight Board (8770)
• Governor Once Again Sidesteps Legislature’s Policy–Setting Role