The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 12, 2025 - As we discuss in our January 2025 report, The 2025‑26 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , overall, the Governor proposes $2.2 billion in actions that would create capacity in the General Fund to support $570 million of discretionary proposals (including this proposal), $150 million of tax expenditures, and a larger discretionary reserve than the state typically plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4961

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2023 - This report discusses how meeting the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals will affect existing fuel tax revenues and projects specific impacts on state transportation programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4821

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Figure 7 models anticipated revenue trends for the three key fuel taxes that support state transportation programs—the gasoline excise tax, the diesel excise tax, and the diesel sales tax. As shown, revenues from all three taxes experience declines under the Scoping Plan Scenario, which is the state’s intended pathway.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2023 - (Self-help counties are those that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements.) California Highway Patrol The budget provides $3  billion for CHP in 2023-24, which represents a reduction of $106  million (3  percent) relative to 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4804

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - Federal programs include tax incentives for households to purchase ZEVs, grants for charging infrastructure, funding for electric buses and truck electrification, and funding to promote cleaner vehicle technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Budget Solutions in Transportation Programs

Feb 13, 2023 - (The revenues that support SHA —such as fuel excise taxes —are constitutionally protected and can only be used on transportation ‑related expenditures.) As mentioned earlier, 60  percent of the formula highway funding California receives is used for state activities and 40  percent is apportioned to local agencies to address local transportation system needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4676

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - Diesel Sales Tax Reduction. The budget includes a one-year reduction in the diesel sales tax from 13  percent to roughly 9  percent beginning October 1, 2022. This reduction is intended to provide fiscal relief from high fuel costs to drivers and businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628