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

Mar 2, 2026 - (SWRCB estimates t hat exempting state-only permits from having to meet CEQA requirements would shorten their preparation time lines by at least a year.) Aligning Public Notification Requirements With Federal Processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, increasing freshwater flows into the Delta reduces ocean salinity intrusion. SWRCB regulates flows mainly by managing water rights, which control how much water can be diverted out of the waterbody.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, the administration estimates that the majority of the $72  million left in the regional CC4A program as of January 2026 will be exhausted before the end of 2026 ‑27. The administration has not yet determined the extent to which this new proposed program could be used in combination with other existing programs (sometimes referred to as “stacking ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI houses SGC, which coordinates work across various state departments and agencies and disburses grants to address statewide climate and land use issues such as extreme heat and sustainable communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 17, 2026 - In its letter to the administration, JLBC cited the various criteria upon which it based its review, which aimed to ascertain the potential negative impacts that eliminating these positions might have on a department’s ability to implement key priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Feb 10, 2026 - In 2026 ‑27, for example, under this approach roughly $1.75  billion is available for discretionary purposes prior to funding Tier 3 programs, of which the administration proposes to spend about $1.6  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 24, 2026 - For example, the amount emitters recently have had to pay for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent they emit through the cap ‑and ‑invest program has been below $30 per ton and LCFS credits have been between $50 and $70 per ton.
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 - For example, the Legislature could reject the Governor ’s proposed budget augmentations to implement newly enacted legislation, which would result in some budget savings, and it could, if necessary, adopt new statute specifying delayed time frames or scaled back requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

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

Feb 10, 2026 - For example, CPUC could elect to only change the specific months in which the credits are provided —switching them from April and October to four typically high-billed months (such as June, July, August, and September).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

What Can We Learn From How the State Responded to the Last Major Drought?

May 13, 2021 - To help coordinate statewide efforts, Governor Brown convened an interagency Drought Task Force in 2013 t hat met weekly throughout the drought. Figure 3 Drought Response Responsibilities Spread Across Multiple State Departments Department Conducted fire protection activities; removed and disposed of dead trees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4429