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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, supporting more costly approaches could make sense if they help bring new, transformative technologies into the marketplace that substantially bring down long ‑term costs or achieve other societal benefits (such as reducing local air pollution).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Providing less funding in 2026‑27 would still allow the Legislature to make progress toward its intended objectives, albeit at a lower level and slower pace. Clearly, such a choice would involve trade‑offs, including lower levels of service, fewer public health and safety improvements, and less risk mitigation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Mar 19, 2026 - If the Legislature determines its budget cannot support the full requested amounts, it could consider downscaling the proposals and providing a lower level of funding. The resulting trade-off would be that LCI would not be able to provide the same level of service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Moreover, while one key near‑term source of program uncertainty was resolved with its statutory extension, some remaining factors could potentially still create a heightened level of revenue unpredictability in the next couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - In addition to staffing support, the budget provided $1.1  million (also from the Waste Discharge Permit Fund) in one-time contracting funds for SWRCB to begin design of an electronic application and information technology management system to support this work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - California has established statutory goals for reducing statewide GHG emissions —down to at least 40  percent below the 1990 level by 2030, and to at least 85  percent below the 1990 level by  2045. Federal Air Quality Standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature (1)  assess whether these additional activities are consistent with legislative intent, as well as whether they are high priorities for funding given the state ’s serious budget challenges and (2)  make corresponding changes to the level of staffing and funding provided, as relevant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Mar 18, 2026 - SWRCB is making updates because the plan has not adequately protected fish and wildlife, including several species of threatened and endangered native fish. Proposed Sacramento/Delta Updates Incorporate Voluntary Agreements (VAs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

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

Feb 17, 2026 - However, if departments were able to retain and fill these positions, the budget would not achieve the associated level of savings assumed in the Governor ’s budget. Consequently, if the Legislature wishes to retain the positions as part of its final budget package, it likely will need to find a commensurate level of savings elsewhere in the budget, at least for those positions supported by the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124