Impact of COVID-19 on State Transportation Revenues

Sep 17, 2020 - Funding for STIP comes from a specified portion of the gasoline excise tax, with 75  percent allocated to counties on a formula basis for projects they select and 25  percent to Caltrans for interregional projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4268?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=4268

The 2017-18 Budget: California Highway Patrol

Feb 9, 2017 - The CHP also promotes traffic safety by inspecting commercial vehicles, as well as inspecting and certifying school buses, ambulances, and other specialized vehicles. The CHP carries out a variety of other mandated t asks related to law enforcement, including investigating vehicular theft and providing backup to local law enforcement in criminal matters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3551

The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - The state has a large network of highways and local streets and roads, consisting of almost 400, 000 l ane ‑miles of pavement and over 25, 000 b ridges. Most of the state infrastructure is in good or fair condition —however , the state has struggled for many years with a large backlog of maintenance projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - Specifically, 25  percent of the total auction revenue collected each year is continuously appropriated to the state ’s high ‑speed rail project, 10  percent to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, and 5  percent to the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

Feb 22, 2017 - Additionally, DMV licenses and regulates vehicle-related businesses such as automobile dealers and driver training schools, and collects certain fees and tax revenues for state and local agencies. The Governor ’s budget includes $1.1  billion for DMV in 2017 ‑18, which is about the same as the estimated level of spending in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3575

Review of High-Speed Rail Draft 2016 Business Plan

Mar 17, 2016 - As part of the 2014 –15 budget, the Legislature also adopted budget trailer legislation to continuously appropriate, beginning in 2015 –16 , 25  percent of annual cap –and –trade auction revenue for the planning and capital costs for Phase  I of the high –speed rail project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3394

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Clean California Local Grant Program [Publication Details] Description: In this post, we assess the Governor’s 2022-23 budget proposal to provide an additional year of funding for the Clean California Local Grant Program administered by the California Department of Transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4526

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Transportation

Dec 21, 2018 - The Legislature has not adopted statewide goals for the number of zero ‑emission heavy ‑duty vehicles deployed by a certain year. We note, however, that the 2016 Governor ’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan establishes targets of improving freight system efficiency by 25  p ercent and deploying over 100,000 vehicles and equipment capable of zero ‑emission operation by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3912