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

Feb 24, 2026 - Annual reduction of $49  million to transportation funding that the state provides to cities and counties for work on their local streets and roads. State transportation funding suballocated to cities and counties for these purposes is projected to be around $3.9  billion annually —meaning this proposal would result in a reduction of about 1   percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Army Corps of Engineers and SWRCB and its nine regional boards issue permits to regulate dredged and fill materials and discharge (pollutants and stormwater) entering waterways from cities, industries, and farms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - It believes that local governments have fee authority even in cases where they have to obtain voter approval and even if obtaining voter approval is challenging. That is, the administration contends that having to obtain voter approval does not negate the underlying fee authority itself.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - As a result, in concept, the decision about who gets the allowances essentially determines where the revenue from the charges paid by emitters will go, including which entities will receive these revenues and for what purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - (Both the state-managed SWP and the federally managed Central Valley Project export water from the Delta and deliver it via a system of aqueducts and can als to Southern California cities and Central Valley farms.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - These issues are most prevalent in the city of Calexico, but also contribute to the water quality problems that the state has been trying to address where the river ends at the Salton Sea. Because of this, Proposition   68 i ncluded $ 10  m illion specifically to address New River water quality issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Based on our assessment, we find evidence that a number of the Governor ’s proposals address issues where additional resources might be needed to avoid higher future costs and/or serious harm. Some examples include the following.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

May 30, 2025 - CSM determined that several of the requirements in the permit issued by the regional board in 2010 constitute state-reimbursable mandates for Riverside County and the cities of Riverside County that are within the Santa Ana region (some cities in Riverside County fall within the jurisdiction of the Santa Ana Regional Board and some within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Regional Board).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2020-21 Budget: Addressing Revenue Uncertainty in the 2020-21 Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Jun 4, 2020 - Additionally, there may be other programs at the local level, such as local air district implementation of AB  617, where state funding might be needed to maintain staff and ongoing administrative activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4250

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - Farmers can plan for how to quickly get their livestock to higher ground. Individuals, businesses, or farmers can also “floodproof ” structures so they are prepared to handle occasional floodwaters. For example, this could include raising the structure ’s elevation by building impermeable walls and entry points ( “dry ” floodproofing), or by ensuring anything located on the ground floor can get wet ( “wet ” floodproofing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571