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The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection
As discussed below, many departments
continue to receive some one-time funding augmentations in 2023‑24, but
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provided for the major departments overseen by both agencies.

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Natural Resources Budget Summary
(Dollars in Millions)

2021‑22 Actual

2022‑23 Estimated

2023‑24 Enacted

Change From 2022‑23

Amount

Percent

Total

$11,117

$24,151

$13,298

‑$10,853

‑45%

By Department

Forestry and Fire Protection

$2,634

$4,029

$3,326

‑$703

‑17%

Water Resourcesa

2,468

8,264

3,032

‑5,232

‑63

Energy Commission

562

3,327

1,665

‑1,662

‑50

General obligation bond debt service

1,259

1,238

1,478

241

19

Parks and Recreation

1,887

1,481

973

‑507

‑34

Fish and Wildlife

634

1,213

784

‑429

‑35

Coastal Conservancy

156

524

617

93

18

Natural Resources Agency

310

1,097

417

‑680

‑62

Conservation

227

621

264

‑357

‑57

Wildlife Conservation Board

186

1,282

262

‑1,020

‑80

Other resources programsb

291

731

253

‑478

‑65

Conservation Corps

146

291

179

‑112

‑39

State Lands Commission

356

53

47

‑6

‑11
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Totals

‑$47

 $1,478 

 $620 

 $669 

 $2,767 

aReflects the reduction in total funding from 2020‑21 through 2023‑24.
bIncludes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
cIncludes Proposition 98 General Fund.
dReflects a reduction of $15 million dollars of General Fund, partially offset by $14 million in Proposition 98 General Fund.

CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CCC = California Conservation Corps; DOC = Department of Conservation; IBank = Infrastructure Bank; OPR = Governor’s Office of Planning and Research; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; CARB = California Air Resources Board; SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; and UC ANR = University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Nature-Based Activities 
Sustains $1.4 Billion for Nature-Based
Activities. As shown in Figure 7, the budget includes
General Fund reductions totaling $155 million to five programs in the
areas of nature-based activities. The largest
reduction—$100 million—is to funds slated for various conservancies
across the state. Some other notable changes include reducing
$35 million for a Wildlife Conservation Board program to mitigate the
impacts of climate change on wildlife and reducing $10 million for San
Francisco Bay wetlands support. After accounting for these reductions,
the budget retains $1.4 billion for nature-based activities. Of the
funding retained, $1.1 billion was provided in prior years and
$286 million is appropriated in 2023‑24.

Figure 7
Revised Nature‑Based Activities Package
General Fund (In Millions)

Program 

Department

Net Reductionsa

Revised Funding Level

2021‑22

2022‑23

2023‑24

Totals

Land Acquisition and Management Programs

—

—

 $325 

 $170 

 $495 

Various WCB programs

 WCB 

—

—

 $150 

 $95 

 $245 

Habitat restoration
The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection
2 

California nature support 

 CNRA 

—

—

0.3

0.3

 0.5

Totals

‑$155

 $106 

 $1,016 

 $286 

 $1,409

aReflects the reduction in total funding in 2022‑23 and 2023‑24.
bPackage also provides $1 million in 2024‑25.

WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board; DWR = Department of Water Resources; SCC = State Coastal Conservancy; CDFW = California Department of Fish and Wildlife; SMMC= Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; DOC = Department of Conservation; DC = Delta Conservancy; NBS = Nature‑based solutions; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; and Cal CIS = California Climate Information System.

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Maintains Bulk of Originally Planned Funding for
Community Resilience. Previous budget agreements included
$2.2 billion for community-based climate resilience activities. As shown
in Figure 8, the revised budget package provides $1.7 billion for these
programs from 2021‑22 through 2024‑25, including $344 million in
2023‑24. (This multiyear total includes $50 million for the Regional
Climate Resilience Program originally intended to be provided in 2023‑24
but delayed and now planned for 2024‑25.) This reflects a net reduction
of $515 million (24 percent) from the original multiyear planned amount.
As shown in the figure, these reductions affect three programs:
Transformative Climate Communities, Regional Climate Resilience, and
Community Resilience Centers. (As noted in the “Extreme Heat” section
below, additional funding is provided for resilience centers through
that package.) To achieve additional General Fund savings, the budget
package also shifts $250 million in 2023‑24 funding for the AB 617
program to GGRF.

Figure 8
Revised Community Resilience Package
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