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State Water Resources Control Board details $38.3 million water-rights fee-setting budget, flags admin cost drivers
Summary
Board staff presented a $38.3 million fee-setting budget for fiscal 2025–26 and a roughly $39.2 million proposal for 2026–27, citing employee-compensation increases, a CalEPA consolidated administration BCP and processing costs as primary drivers; updated fee estimates are expected at the June meeting.
Cassandra White, fee and revenue branch manager with the State Water Resources Control Board, presented the agency’s fee-setting budget and the main cost drivers during a virtual stakeholder meeting. She said the fee-setting budget for fiscal year 2025–26 is $38.3 million and that the governor’s January proposal for 2026–27 is about $39.22 million, an increase of $838,000 (2.2%).
White said the largest single driver is state operations, which rose by $734,000 (1.9%) and reflects employee compensation such as salaries, health care and retirement. Other identified drivers include a $515,000 (1.3%) change listed as prorate items and a…
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