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

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

Oct 16, 2025 - Chapter  24 of 2025 (SB  131, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) further amends CEQA to require that housing development projects meeting all but one CEQA exemption criteria be reviewed solely on that issue.
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/

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 -  $40  million one ‑time in 2019 ‑20 and $33 million and 131 positions ongoing thereafter to purchase and staff 13 additional fire engines on a year ‑round basis. CMD —Enhancing and Expanding Fire Crews: Task Force Rattlesnake. $41  million and 15  State Active Duty positions ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23 to convert 13  seasonal CMD hand crews to 14 year ‑round hand  crews.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

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 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget includes $40.3  million to purchase 13 additional year-round fire engines and provides 131 positions to staff those engines. C-130 Air Tankers and Related Capital Outlay —$17.7  Million. The budget provides $17.7  million and six positions to implement the first year of a plan to accept seven used C-130 air tankers from the federal government to increase CalFire ’s aviation resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4103

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

Sep 12, 2024 - Other notable reductions include: $186  million for water recycling and groundwater cleanup, $131  million to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), $98  million for drinking water and wastewater projects, and $50  million for dam safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023 ‑24 spending plan provides $131  million from the General Fund on a one-time basis through CNRA ’s budget to support various specific projects of legislative priority, most of which are to be undertaken by non-state entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807