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

Mar 19, 2026 - Therefore, the Legislature finds itself in the position of needing to evaluate whether these activities and staffing expansions at LCI are a higher priority than other existing General Fun d-supported activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Feb 17, 2026 - Through JLBC, the Legislature already expressed its preference for maintaining these positions and doing so would not have an impact on the General Fund condition. Weigh Importance of General-Funded Environmental Positions Against Other Budget Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

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

Mar 2, 2026 - Federal CWA requirements only apply to “waters of the United States ” (WOTUS), so the definition of WOTUS is important. The broader the definition, the more bodies of water will fall under federal jurisdiction —and vice versa.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Feb 10, 2026 - If any of these commitments represent lower ‑priority activities than programs at risk of being defunded, reallocating funding so it is instead directed to the highest ‑priority activities across the budget would make sense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Yet while the state continues its efforts to make progress on these objectives, it does so within the context of significant budget challenges that will force it to gra
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - In some cases, however, the bond-supported programs —and, therefore, the projects that ultimately will end up being funded —may differ slightly from those that might have been funded with the General Fund, so this approach does not represent a dollar-for-dollar backfill in all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

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

Feb 10, 2026 - Doing so would ensure its preferred approach is carried out. For example, if the Legislature would like households to receive fixed credits in specific, designated summer months, it could clari fy that guidance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

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

Feb 24, 2026 - However, doing so likely would require a much larger and/or longer ‑term investment than what the Governor is proposing (or what the state realistically could provide, given its budget limitations). Proposal Could Result in Program Duplication.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

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

Feb 24, 2026 - SAF is much more expensive to produce than conventional fuel, so enabling it to be cost competitive requires subsidies —in aggregate across all policies —that are quite large relative to its potential emission reduction benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

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

May 27, 2025 - It would so by making WQCPs “Class 8” actions. Current regulations exempt certain classes of projects from CEQA because they “have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053