The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - (For context, the budget assumes total savings of $487  million —$191  million to the General Fund —in 2026-27 and ongoing from the 6,002 positions.) (We note that the timing of the JLBC letter was such that the administration would not have been able to incorporate the Legislature ’s nonconcurrence into its 2026-27 budget proposal, even if it agreed to maintain those positions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Mar 19, 2026 - The Legislature approved LCI ’s request to establish its own IT unit in 2023 with some ongoing support ($5.2  million and 15 positions) and some limited-term funding ($3.7  million through 2025-26). The 2026-27 proposal requests the continuation of the limited-term funding to maintain cyberinfrastructure and support workload growth, as well as an additional $2.6  million to bring
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - . $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Revenues May Not Be Sufficient to Fully Support Statutory Allocations and Legislative Intent for 2026-27 … As illustrated in Figure  1, cap-and-invest auction revenues have varied across months and years, and multiple influencing factors make them difficult to predict.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

Addressing California’s Convenience Zone Recycling Center Closures

May 16, 2016 - For example, the largest CZ recycler in California —rePlanet —cited higher operating costs as a result of minimum wage increases and required health and workers ’ compensation insurance when they announced the closure of 191 recycling centers in January 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3466

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

Feb 10, 2026 - The budget proposes $9.5  million ongoing from the General Fund and 15 positions to replace critical river forecasting and snow survey activities that previously were conducted by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - . $15  million to rebuild Topanga Park (which sustained damage in the Palisades fire). Additionally, Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel) —expresses the Legislature ’s intent to provide GGRF in 2026 ‑27 and potentially future years to support some California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) activities that otherwise would be funded from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

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

Oct 16, 2025 - It also does not include previously planned 2025-26 GGRF augmentations of $15  million for water recycling and groundwater cleanup and $30  million for drinking water and wastewater. The impacts of all three of these modifications are offset to some degree by the new Proposition  4 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

May 7, 2025 - Specifically, if the Legislature were to extend the program from 2030 through 2045, we estimate that the total value of allowances issued over that 15 ‑year period could be in the range of roughly $70  billion to $260  billion (in 2025  dollars).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

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

Sep 12, 2024 - The spending plan provides $15  million from Proposition  40 (2002) for Parks deferred maintenance projects. This augmentation partially offsets a reduction of $30  million from the General Fund for deferred maintenance, resulting in a $15  million net reduction as shown in the “Other Recent Augmentations ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928